Accounts Payable Administrator (Group Finance)

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

This post is in Mahikeng (North West). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling

• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• 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

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

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams

• 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.