Bookkeeper to Trial Balance (Sage Pastel)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this motor dealership in Vereeniging goes through your hands. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Home base is a motor dealership on the Vereeniging side of Gauteng. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Matric with Accounting
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules

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

• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• 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.