Debtors Clerk (Credit Control)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this wholesale distributor in Prospecton goes through your hands. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Prospecton (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers

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

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

• 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.