Junior Bookkeeper

Recruiter:

Signa Opportunity

Job Ref:

JHB000745/SZ

Date posted:

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Location:

Durban, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Signa Opportunity is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.

About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Position: Junior Bookkeeper

Stipend: R5 500.00 pm

Location: Kwazulu Natal (Ixopo)

POSITION INFO:
About the Role
To manage the process registration, amending and updating the compliance of entities on various statutory body platforms.
To process and review cashbooks and prepare them for submission to various statutory bodies as per client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Receiving tasks allocated via internal system, updating task progress, and reporting to line managers and/or clients on task progress.
Attending weekly “Catch-Up” session to provide task progress, feedback on allocated tasks.
Collection of client documents to process cashbooks onto internal system.
Registration, maintenance and updating of clients on various statutory body platforms.
Creating invoices and/or credit notes for all tasks allocated and communicating invoices with clients via telephone, Whatsapp and/or email.
Attending to and following up on queries, outstanding information related to allocated and/or unallocated tasks.
Attending to documentation management and control (filing).

Minimum Requirements

South African Unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 34.
Must not have participated on the YES programme before.
Matric.
Bookkeeping or accounting qualification plus knowledge in relevant software package.
Good standard of education including English and Maths (or equivalent).
Sound understanding of statutory returns.
Good knowledge of general administrative processes.
Good understanding of organizational processes and practices.
Relevant experience in a related role.
Statutory returns (required).

Skills

Understanding of accounting systems, controls, and processes.
Good knowledge of general administrative processes.
Good understanding of business calendar and priority events.
Good inter-personal skills.
Ability to compile and analyze statistics.
Excellent organizing skills.
Good problem-solving skills.
Good time management skills.
Strong computer literacy especially in MS applications.

Competencies

Pressure resilient
Customer Orientated
Proactive
Detail orientated
Multitask focus

Systems /Online Portals you will be using:

Microsoft Teams.
Tasks in a Box.
Sage Xpress 50 CC (Accounting).
Sage Payroll.
Microsoft Office.
South African Revenue Services – (SARS eFiling).
Construction Industry Development Board Online Portal – (CIDB).
Private Security Industry Regulation Authority Registration Portal (PSIRA).
Central Supplier Database Online Portal – (CSD).
Department of Employment and Labour Online Submission Portal.

Please consider your application unsuccessful when you have not heard from the Signa Opportunity team within two weeks of submitting your application.

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