Accounts Payable Administrator (Group Finance)

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

Location: Soweto, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents

• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Matric with Accounting
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details

• 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

• 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

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.