About the position
Bookkeeper
IMPORTANT: We will ONLY look at candidates who have foreign payments, foreign creditors processing and foreign petty cash transaction experience.
Supports the Financial Manager with daily finance operations, including reconciliations, payment processing, financial reporting, VAT compliance, and maintaining accurate accounting records. Requires strong reconciliation skills, attention to detail, knowledge of VAT/SARS processes, and the ability to assist with accounting functions up to trial balance.
Key Responsibilities
- Foreign payments, foreign creditors processing, foreign petty cash transactions.
- Process invoices, payments, journals, and bank transactions.
- Prepare and reconcile bank accounts, petty cash, pay cards, and supplier accounts.
- Assist with payroll processing and employee expense claims when required.
- Support month-end and year-end procedures.
- Assist with VAT submissions and statutory compliance.
- Handle foreign creditor payments, import documentation, and forex petty cash.
- Manage weekly payment runs and load payments onto Standard Bank.
- Maintain financial records, supplier databases, and finance filing systems.
- Review reconciliations, supplier age analysis, and payment schedules.
- Provide backup support for the full debtors function.
- Assist with audits, reporting, and ad hoc finance tasks.
Requirements
- Strong reconciliation and processing skills.
- Knowledge of VAT, SARS, and import/export compliance.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Good organisational and administrative skills.
- Proficient in accounting systems and Microsoft Excel.
KPIs
- Accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.
- Reliable reconciliations and reporting.
- Timely VAT/statutory submissions.
- Effective support during month-end close.
- Responsive internal finance support.
Desired Skills:
- Foreign payments
- foreign creditors
- petty cach
- journals
- Reconciliations
- allowances
- debtors
