Debtors Clerk (Credit Control)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a construction contractor in Isando. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

You'll be based at a construction contractor in Isando. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers

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

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

• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Office hours with no weekend work

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