Creditors Clerk (Manufacturing)

A family-owned manufacturer in Tembisa needs a bookkeeper who closes the month on time, every month. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

The work is in Tembisa, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• 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
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero

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

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.
• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.