Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

Every invoice, payment and bank line at this construction contractor in Springs goes through your hands. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The work is in Springs, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days

• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Understanding of VAT input and output rules
• Matric with Accounting

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

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

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.