Bookkeeper

Job Position: Bookkeeper
Location: PE / Gqeberha
Salary: R15 000 to R18 000 per month commensurate with experience and qualification

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Qualifications / Requirements:
• Proven work experience as a Bookkeeper or in a similar role
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial regulations
• Proficiency in accounting software and MS Office (especially Excel)
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High degree of confidentiality and integrity
Key Performance Areas:
• Bookkeeping of various stores
• Processing of point-of-sale month-end reports
• Processing of cashbooks (importing) and bank reconciliations
• Processing of salary journals and timeous clearing of control accounts
• Monthly audit files to be prepared and submitted to senior by deadline dates
• Preparation of monthly management accounts to senior by deadline dates
• Raising of accruals, provisions, fixed asset journals and other journals
• Liaison with Auditors
• Liaison with staff and owners at stores, management and others
• Payment of accounts on electronic banking
• Attending to daily queries at store level
• Completion of credit application and other forms
• Fixed Assets:
- Maintenance of fixed asset registers
- Processing of fixed asset journals
- Depreciation, addition and disposal entries to be passed
- Control over documentation supporting additions and disposals
• Debtors:
- Preparation and clearing of debtors reconciliations (+- 6 different types)
- Ensure that all EDI payments are receipted by stores timeously
- Reconciling of cash banked by store to daybooks daily and follow-up of over/under banking
- Checking of daybooks and daily sales summaries and follow-up of variances
- Monitoring of debt collection and debtors ageing
• Stock
- Monitoring and follow-up of stock count variances
• Statutory returns:
- Reconciliation of VAT – box reports to General Ledger
- Preparation of VAT returns and submission and payment thereof
- Reconciliation of PAYE and follow-up of outstanding items
- Preparation of PAYE returns and submission and payment thereof
- Liaison with SARS in clearing old, outstanding items