Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a family-owned manufacturer in Roodepoort. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Roodepoort, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• 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
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details

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

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• 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.
• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.