Accounts Payable Administrator (Group Finance)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a wholesale distributor in Brits. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Brits, North West, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling

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

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

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

• 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".