Junior Bookkeeper (Xero)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this motor dealership in Thohoyandou goes through your hands. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Thohoyandou (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out

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

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

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

• 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.