Junior Bookkeeper (Xero)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this small accounting practice in Somerset West goes through your hands. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Somerset West, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• 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
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers

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

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

• 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.