Cashbook and Recon Clerk – Entry Level

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a small accounting practice in East London. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

The work is in East London, Eastern Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• 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 debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

• 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.