Senior Bookkeeper

SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Financial Director, be responsible for the full bookkeeping function. Debtors and Creditors, run month-end close, prepare statutory submissions, manage fixed-asset register, reconcile bank accounts, and support the external audit.

POSITION INFO:

Senior Bookkeeper

Area: Pretoria East

Salary: R30000 P/M

Purpose of position: Reporting to the Financial Director, be responsible for the full bookkeeping function. Debtors and Creditors, run month-end close, prepare statutory submissions, manage fixed-asset register, reconcile bank accounts, and support the external audit.

Daily Duties:

•              Process customer invoices, supplier bills, vendor payments and customer payments through to GL

•              Maintain the Accounts; post manual journal entries with proper supporting documentation

•              Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear suspense items the same week

•              Manage debtor follow-ups, customer statements, and credit-control communication

•              Three-way match (PO ↔ GRN ↔ Vendor bill) and resolve variances with the buying team

•              Capture and apportion landed costs (freight, customs duty, clearing, SARS Customs VAT) on imported stock

Monthly close:

•              Run the month-end close pack: provisions, accruals, deferred income, depreciation

•              Prepare and post the monthly depreciation run; maintain the fixed asset register.

•              Reconcile inventory to GL

•              Produce management accounts — P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, Creditors and Debtors

•              Maintain the cashflow forecast and flag funding risks early

•              Reconcile inter-company balances across SA and Zimbabwe

Statutory & compliance

•              Compute, file and pay VAT201 monthly

•              Compute and file EMP201 monthly; EMP501 bi-annually

•              Issue IRP5 / IT3 certificates to staff at year-end

•              Year-end close, IFRS for SMEs financial statements prep, and audit pack handover

•              Maintain SARS eFiling and statutory document compliance

Audit & governance

•              Be the day-to-day point of contact for external auditors

•              Maintain the audit pack

Group / multi-currency

•              Process multi-currency transactions (ZAR, USD, EUR, GBP) and apply Forex revaluation at month-end

Qualifications/Skills/Requirements

•              Relevant Diploma/Degree

•              7 years'''''''' hands-on bookkeeping experience, ideally in a SME or owner-managed business

•              Confident with SARS eFiling — VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, IRP5 from start to submission

•              Understanding of IFRS for SMEs

•              Comfortable with multi-currency transactions and Forex revaluation

•              Bank reconciliation ownership (CSV-driven reconciliation with vat-split capability)

•              Strong Excel (pivot tables, lookups, comfort with structured workbooks for reconciliations)

•              Experience with an ERP system

•              Meticulous, detail-oriented

•              Comfortable working independently and meeting deadlines without daily supervision

•              Own transport