Bookkeeper -Durbanville at RecruitMyMom

• A prominent financial services and accounting consultancy, is seeking a meticulous and highly accurate Bookkeeper for a permanent hybrid position. This comprehensive, full-function bookkeeping role is central to maintaining the financial integrity of multiple client portfolios up to the trial balance. The successful candidate will take full operational ownership of day-to-day transactional accounting workflows, ledger processing, and bank reconciliations while actively monitoring cash flow variables. This position balances independent remote task management with mandatory on-site office collaboration, making it ideal for a structured finance professional who exhibits high transparency, problem-solving capabilities, and exceptional attention to detail in a deadline-driven advisory environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily Transaction Tracking: Capture, monitor, and process daily financial activities, including client purchases, corporate expenses, sales revenues, supplier invoices, and outgoing payments.
• Ledger Governance & Processing: Process journal entries and continuously update and maintain the general ledger to ensure strict structural accounting alignment.
• Bank & Account Reconciliations: Perform regular bank account reconciliations and verify transaction entries across accounting applications to ensure maximum data integrity.
• Working Capital Optimization: Send out accurate invoices to manage the accounts receivable ledger effectively, while systematically overseeing the accounts payable pipeline.
• Trial Balance Maintenance: Conduct comprehensive general ledger reconciliations to successfully maintain the trial balance and execute total account reconciliations to verify historical transaction accuracy.
• Cash Flow Monitoring: Track, analyze, and report on organizational cash flow trends to safeguard financial liquidity.
• Financial Year-End Prep: Compile, structure, and prepare complete sets of books up to Trial Balance for final review by the senior Accountant to streamline Annual Financial Statements (AFS) production.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of post-qualification experience executing full-function bookkeeping up to trial balance.
• Formal tertiary Diploma or Degree in Bookkeeping, Accounting, or Finance.
• Proven ability to produce work with a maximum level of accuracy, strict attention to detail, and robust organisational skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities, excellent time management skills, and a strong natural numerical aptitude.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills paired with a high level of professionalism, integrity, and operational transparency.
• Valid driver's license and own reliable personal transport to facilitate the hybrid commuting model.
• Prior experience managing diverse client portfolios within an accounting practice or financial services firm framework.

Required Software Skills

• Cloud Accounting Platforms: Practical software experience or proficiency with Xero, Sage One Business Accounting Online, Pastel Accounting, or QuickBooks Online.
• Office Productivity Suite: Competent command of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook for financial report layout, correspondence, and data sorting.