Accounts Payable Administrator (Group Finance)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a small accounting practice in Rosslyn. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

You'll be based at a small accounting practice in Rosslyn. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks

• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Office hours with no weekend work

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