Junior Bookkeeper (Xero) – Fixed-Term

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this small accounting practice in Fourways goes through your hands. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

This post is Fourways-based, with most of your time spent at a small accounting practice.

• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)

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

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

• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".
• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.