Bookkeeper to Trial Balance (Sage Pastel)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a construction contractor in Isando. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

The work is in Isando, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Matric with Accounting
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work

• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

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

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".