Creditors Clerk (Manufacturing)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a construction contractor in Umhlanga. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a construction contractor on the Umhlanga side of KwaZulu-Natal. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules

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

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

• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.
• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".