Creditors Clerk (Manufacturing)

A construction contractor in Randburg needs a bookkeeper who closes the month on time, every month. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Randburg. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

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

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

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices

• 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.