Creditors Clerk (Manufacturing)

A small accounting practice in Worcester needs a bookkeeper who closes the month on time, every month. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Worcester; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

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

• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Office hours with no weekend work
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms

• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".
• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.