Accounts Clerk (Property Management)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this motor dealership in Richards Bay goes through your hands. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is in Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• Matric with Accounting
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules

• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks

• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Office hours with no weekend work
• 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.
• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.