Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business) – Experienced

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a property management company in Bellville. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is Bellville-based, with most of your time spent at a property management company. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work

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

• 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".