Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this small accounting practice in Cape Town CBD goes through your hands. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

You'll be based at a small accounting practice in Cape Town CBD. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• 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
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Matric with Accounting

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

• 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

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".