Duties & Responsibilities
Bookkeeper

Minimum 5 years' experience in a bookkeeping or accounting position.

Bookkeeping/Accounting qualification is a prerequisite.

SAGE Business Cloud Accounting software experience an advantage.

Skillsets

• The ability to work as part of a team is imperative.
• Must be focused
• Attention to detail
• Ethical behaviour
• Integrity and commitment to their work as well as good honest relationships with their peers.
• An attitude of energy, participation, accountability, learning and growing is vital in our fast paced and dynamic environment.

Bookkeeping responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Creating Invoices/Pro Forma invoices on Sage
• Review and reconcile Supplier transactions
• Capture Supplier Invoices
• Capture weekly petty cash in the relevant cash book
• Allocate the bank cash book daily (bank feed active) and reconcile monthly
• Match payments received to customer invoices where applicable
• Match payments made to supplier invoices or allocate to ad hoc expenses
• Complete and submit weekly Payments List to Management for payment
• Review month end transactions (with external Tax Accountant)
• Reconcile income and expenses for VAT (with external Tax Accountant)
• Update various excel spreadsheets for Management on an ongoing basis
• Implement changes to Sage and Management Reports when necessary
• Outgoing Forex payments.
• Incoming foreign payments clearing
• Updating and maintaining files and records of financial transactions
• Year End Closing journals (with external Tax Accountant)

*Other tasks may be required from Management from time to time.

Qualification

Bcom Accounting Degree/Bookkeeping tertiary