Bookkeeper at The Advisory Firm Limited

Duties include but not limited to:

• Overall familiarity with: accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accrual accounting, auditing, balance sheets, bank reconciliation, debits and credits, deferral transactions, depreciation, financial statements general ledger, inventory transactions, journal entries
• Full cycle Accounts Receivable including but not restricted to:- preparation of monthly invoices and maintaining customer and vendor records. Dealing with customers about billing discrepancies. Cash collection. ID facility maintenance; credit checks. Monthly aging with commentary.
• Accounts Payable including but not restricted to:- purchase orders and vendor records maintenance; as well as processing payment runs. Direct debit maintenance. Vendor statement reconciliation and discrepancy investigation. Monthly aging with commentary.
• Bank and credit card reconciliations. Capturing daily banking transactions.
• Daily/weekly/monthly reporting
• Updating and running regular cashflow as well as communications with our existing accountants
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts; reviewing for input accuracy and prepare monthly reports and general month-end journal entries, as needed
• Exposure to Payroll Processing
• Prepare and maintain various company budgets
• Assist with preparation of financial statements
• Ad hoc duties as required by the Finance Manager / Head of Management Accounts
• Maintain required business documents
• Maintain financial document retention files
• Comfortable using and experimenting with the latest bookkeeping software, spreadsheets, and databases
• Check the accuracy of business transactions
• Perform data entry and administrative duties
• Developing standards; analyzing information; dealing with complexity
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines

Required Experience & Qualification:

• 3 or more years of relevant experience essential
• Relevant accounting/bookkeeping qualifications
• Xero/Sage/Pastel Partner and Payroll experience
• Advanced Excel experience
• Tax experience
• Strong accounting and bookkeeping skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well within a team as well as independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Keen eye for detail and the ability to use own judgement
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy
• High energy levels
• Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment
• Effective time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks

This position is for someone with solid bookkeeping experience coupled with the ability to manage an office ensuring the business functions at an optimal level. You will need to enjoy multi-tasking and having a varied role.

Most importantly you must have, common sense, passion, intelligence, smarts, an attitude of doing and the curiosity of always looking for a better way because we can’t teach you that!

Salary expectation and location

• Between R15,000 p/m and R30,000 p/m (dependant on experience), working from home and Century City office.