Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

A wholesale distributor in Bloemfontein needs a bookkeeper who closes the month on time, every month. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

The work is in Bloemfontein, Free State, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• 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
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation

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

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

• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices

• 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.