Bookkeeper at Hollywoodbets

Responsibilities

• Being a part of the Hollywoodbets Purple Team is an opportunity to become a part of one of South Africa’s biggest success stories. From humble beginnings in Durban, Hollywoodbets has grown into a powerhouse brand operating across Africa and the United Kingdom. And that’s just the beginning. Our talented Team is on a mission to increase our global footprint, ready to take on any challenge because at Hollywoodbets, not even the sky is the limit. Join our Team and let’s reach for the stars. 
• We have an amazing opportunity for a Bookkeeper to be based in our Umhlanga offices. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star? 
• The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing of cashbook capturing and related reconciliations and assist the Financial Accountants as directed.

You Bring:

• Minimum 1 year of Bookkeeping/ Accounting experience.
• Microsoft Office experience

What You’ll Do for The Brand: 

     Financial metrics:

• Processing of weekly cash book transactions and ensuring allocations are accurate and complete.
• Reviewing monthly petty cash recons.
• Reviewing of general ledgers to ensure cashbook clerk, debtors and creditors capturing are correctly allocated and VAT correctly accounted for.
• Ensuring the Cashbook Clerks, Creditors and Debtors meet their deadlines which will allow sufficient time for review of all general ledgers before the preparation of management accounts.
• Capturing of monthly routine journal entries for review by the Senior Team.
• Preparation of performance measures and supporting reports relevant to the management accounts.
• Preparation of monthly high-risk reconciliations for review by the Senior Team.
• Completion of monthly balance sheet recons for review by the Senior Team.
• With the guidance of the Senior Team, preparation of the trial balance for the monthly management accounts.
• Review monthly VAT ledger accounts, prepare output and input reasonableness schedules and VAT reconciliations which will be reviewed by the Senior Team.
• Assist the Senior Team with the requests from external auditors, internal auditors and BEE auditors.
• Assist seniors with ad hoc tasks and company projects from time to time.

People:

• Living HW values of Service Excellence, Commitment, Integrity, Accountability, Enthusiasm, Ubuntu and Innovation.
• Be considered a team player who helps out rest of team when required over and above their current role.

Compliance, risk and quality:

• Attendance at necessary training sessions.
• Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each year’s financial records can stand on its own when enquiries/ investigations/audits take place.
• Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work/templates/workbooks/financial models.
• Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved/backed up and appropriately named.
• Effectively deal with internal and external parties (auditors, etc) where required.

Other:

• Assist with company projects as allocated from time to time
• Assist with year-end audit files and audit queries.
• Identifying accounting-related risks and ensuring proper mitigation of these risks.
• Maintaining effective relationship and communication with Internal audit and Treasury teams.
• Assisting with ideas on innovation and automation of bookkeeper functions.
• Any other such duties that might be required.

Special projects

• Assist as and when they arise.

What You’ll Bring to the Team: 

• People Management Skills 
• Problem Solving Skills 
• Time Management Skills 

Apply Before 12/12/2025