Bookkeeper

About the position

Our client in the sheet metal and fabrication industry is urgently looking to employ an experienced Senior Bookkeeper at their organization
Our client in the sheet metal and fabrication industry is urgently looking to employ an experienced Senior Bookkeeper at their organization

Location: Wynberg, Sandton

Requirements:

• Bookkeeping/Finance Qualification
• 5-10 years of experience as a Bookkeeper/in a similar financial position
• Experience with various ERP Systems (Pastel, Sage, Syspro, MIETrak)

Key Responsibilities
Debtors & Creditors Management

• Maintain and update outstanding debtors reports.
• Issue and process customer invoices and credit notes.
• Send customer statements and follow up on outstanding payments.
• Perform customer age analysis.
• Capture and reconcile supplier invoices.
• Perform supplier reconciliations and resolve queries.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers to address and resolve account-related queries.
• Process finance charges where applicable.

 
Financial Reporting & Reconciliations

• Prepare daily turnover reports (CIS & CE).
• Update daily received payments (CIS & CE).
• Perform VAT reconciliations and assist with VAT submissions.
• Reconcile cashbooks, petty cash, and credit cards.
• Process journal entries, including foreign exchange gain/loss journals.
• Reconcile EURO and other foreign currency payments.
• Prepare management accounts and financial statistics.
• Maintain and update the asset register.

 
Compliance & Governance

• Maintain BEE procurement records and update supplier BEE status on MIE Trak.
• Prepare documentation and files for financial and customer audits.
• Assist with stock takes.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and procedures.

 
Payments & Banking

• Set up ad hoc and monthly payments.
• Issue and reconcile petty cash.
• Approve purchase orders on MIE Trak.
• Verify purchase orders prior to processing.

 
Systems & Administration

• Update invoices and maintain records on ERP systems.
• Maintain supplier and customer information on Pastel and MIE Trak.
• Assist with invoicing in the absence of the Admin Clerk.
• Assist with purchasing in the absence of the Procurement Clerk.
• Manage vehicle licence renewals.
• Order office refreshments, consumables (including Sanitech), and stationery.

 
Audit & Operational Support

• Prepare audit files and supporting documentation.
• Support financial and customer audits.
• Participate in stock takes and related reconciliations.

Desired Skills:

• Pastel
• Bookkeeping to Trial Balance
• MIE Trak
• Creditors
• Debtors