Debtors Clerk (Credit Control)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a construction contractor in Kariega. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

The work is in Kariega, Eastern Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review

• Matric with Accounting
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

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

• 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.