Junior Bookkeeper (Xero)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a construction contractor in Rustenburg. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Location: Rustenburg, North West. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

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

• 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".