Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

You'll keep the books clean and up to date for a small accounting practice in Kempton Park. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is Kempton Park-based, with most of your time spent at a small accounting practice. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• 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

• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• 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
• Matric with Accounting

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Knowledge of Sage Evolution or QuickBooks

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

• 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".