Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a family-owned manufacturer in eMalahleni. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a family-owned manufacturer on the eMalahleni side of Mpumalanga. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Matric with Accounting
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks
• 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.
• Name the accounting packages you use daily in your CV headline, such as "Sage Pastel Partner, Xero, Excel".