Cashbook and Recon Clerk

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this property management company in Umlazi goes through your hands. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Umlazi (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out

• Matric with Accounting
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

• 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.