Bookkeeper

Recruiter:

Communicate Recruitment

Job Ref:

CFA021273/BL

Date posted:

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

350 000 Annually

SUMMARY:
A well-established professional services environment is looking to appoint an experienced Bookkeeper to join their finance team in Cape Town.
This opportunity is ideal for a detail-oriented finance professional with strong bookkeeping and trust accounting exposure within a legal or professional services environment.

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities:

Full bookkeeping function across multiple entities
Capturing and posting bank transactions
Performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations
Processing journals including payroll and leave provisions
Maintaining fixed asset registers
Reviewing income statement and balance sheet accounts
Managing daily trust accounting transactions and reconciliations
Processing trust-to-business transfers and maintaining audit trails
Assisting with annual statutory audits and trust audits
VAT review and preparation for eFiling submissions
Liaising with internal stakeholders regarding account and ledger queries
Supporting company secretarial and banking administration functions

Requirements:

Minimum 3–5 years bookkeeping experience
At least 2 years’ experience within a legal or professional services environment
Hands-on trust accounting experience essential
Exposure to multi-entity accounting environments
Practical VAT experience
Experience with accounting systems such as Xero or Sage
Strong Excel skills including reconciliations, pivots, and lookups
High attention to detail and strong reconciliation ability

Qualifications:

Relevant bookkeeping qualification essential
Registration or eligibility for registration with a recognised professional body advantageous
BCom or studies towards SAIPA / AGA(SA) / similar beneficial

This role offers exposure to a regulated accounting environment, a collaborative finance team, and the opportunity to work closely with senior finance leadership.

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