Junior Bookkeeper (Xero)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a construction contractor in Tembisa. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is Tembisa-based, with most of your time spent at a construction contractor.

• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review

• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• 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

• 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.