Creditors Clerk (Manufacturing) – Entry Level

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a family-owned manufacturer in Mbombela. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a family-owned manufacturer on the Mbombela side of Mpumalanga. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas

• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• 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.