Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business) – Permanent

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a small accounting practice in Epping. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

The site is in Epping; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Matric with Accounting
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work

• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business

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

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