Junior Bookkeeper (Xero)

A motor dealership in Brits 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.

Home base is a motor dealership on the Brits side of North West. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers

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

• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• 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".