Accounts Clerk (Property Management)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a motor dealership in Newcastle. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers

• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Matric with Accounting
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Office hours with no weekend work
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices

• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.
• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".