Part-Time Bookkeeper (Small Business)

A construction contractor in Stellenbosch needs a bookkeeper who closes the month on time, every month. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Stellenbosch (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Load supplier payments on internet banking for authorisation
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents
• Prepare VAT201 workings for the accountant to submit on SARS eFiling
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation

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

• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys
• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper

• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Office hours with no weekend work
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• 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".