Cashbook and Recon Clerk

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this motor dealership in Worcester goes through your hands. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Worcester, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Matric with Accounting
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks

• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• 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.