Junior Bookkeeper - Linbro Business Park at CM Value Added Services (Pty) Ltd

Job Summary 

We have a small compliment of staff in our finance department who attend to the financial processes of invoicing, debtors & creditors, salary preparations etc., i.e., the ‘nut and bolts’ required commercially.  We outsource the preparation of our monthly and annual SARS returns and any other statutory requirements that need to be fulfilled.  We are looking for a junior bookkeeper with experience and a ‘can do’ attitude to assist with the following functions:

• Assist in loading new clients on our billing system and ensure that automatic invoicing, client statements etc. are attended to monthly.
• Attending to credit card reconciliations for staff members and investigate any discrepancies.
• Capturing of all source documents into Pastel daily / weekly / monthly – up to general ledger / trial balance.
• Attend to filing of source documents.
• Reconciling supplier statements monthly and presenting for payment approval.
• Load new beneficiaries and invoices for payment on our banking system, to be authorised by Financial Director.
• Assisting with the implementation of systems and controls for the following areas:
  • Stock
• Collate and incorporate staff expense claims into payroll process for sign-off by financial accountant.
• Assist Financial Director with admin.
• Scanning and record keeping of lease agreements and client contracts.
• Client liaising in terms of outstanding debtors’ payments.
• Completion of application forms.
• Be well spoken and have excellent computer literacy in at least Pastel, Outlook, Word, and Excel,
• Be able to type at least 35 words per minute,

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in accounting essential
• honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness – all the ‘old fashioned’, good stuff
• be a nice person and have a good sense of humour and upbeat personality, we are nice people and enjoy spending our time with likeminded people
• be extremely methodical and meticulous – it wouldn’t be a bad thing to have mild OCD,
• above average comprehensive and report writing skills
• well-developed people skills, you need to be able to get along with anyone
• enjoy a fast-paced environment, the day flies by here
• be interested in a career and want to achieve great goals in life.  You will have the opportunity through this process to be promoted within the environment or move laterally in the company if any other position / function interests you more.  We believe in creating the opportunities for people to develop careers as their interests grow and sometimes change through life
• Driver’s license essential