Accounts Assistant

Wolo Travel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Cape Town base with own transport

Guaranteed 10 WOLO Weekends a year

Lifestyle brand with flexible culture

Job summary

WOLO Travel in Cape Town, South Africa, is looking for an Accounts Assistant to support day-to-day transactional finance activities. The role focuses on accurate processing, reconciliations and finance administration, helping ensure that supplier, customer and bank records remain clean, current and ready for month-end reporting.

This is an early-career accounting role suited to a university graduate who has already gained practical finance experience and wants to build broader accounting

Qualifications

• Completed university degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Accounting or a related field.
• At least 1 year of full-time post-university experience in an accounting or finance role.
• Experience using accounting software such as Xero, Sage or similar.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Exposure to month-end accounting is advantageous.
• Studying towards CIMA, SAIPA, SAICA or another recognised professional accounting qualification is advantageous.
• Experience in a high-volume transactional business is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable & Receivable: Capture supplier invoices and maintain accurate supplier account records.
• Bank & Payment Reconciliations: Perform bank, credit card and payment gateway reconciliations.
• Travel & Booking Finance: Assist with matching customer payments, supplier invoices and payments to travel bookings.
• Finance Administration & Month-End Support: Process employee expense claims and maintain organised electronic finance records.
• Systems & Process Support: Use Xero and other finance systems accurately and follow agreed procedures.

Skills

Excel skills

Numerical accuracy

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/related field

Tools

Xero

Sage

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 09/09/2026

WOLOTravel is looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support the day-to-day transactional financefunction.

The role focuses on accurate processing, reconciliations and financeadministration, helping ensure that supplier, customer and bank records remainclean, current and ready for month-end reporting.

This is an early-career accounting role suited to a university graduate who hasalready gained practical finance experience, enjoys working with numbers andwants to build broader accounting capability in a fast-moving business.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Capture supplier invoices and maintainaccurate supplier account records.
• Reconcile supplier statements and preparesupporting information for payment runs.
• Allocate customer payments, assist withcustomer account administration and follow up payment discrepancies.
• Escalate unresolved supplier or customerissues to the Financial Accountant.

Bank & Payment Reconciliations

• Perform bank, credit card and payment gatewayreconciliations.
• Match receipts and payments to the correcttransactions and accounts.
• Investigate straightforward differences andkeep unreconciled items to a minimum.

Travel & Booking Finance

• Assist with matching customer payments,supplier invoices and payments to travel bookings.
• Support reconciliation of deposits,prepayments, refunds, cancellations and credits.
• Help identify discrepancies between bookingsystems, accounting records and payment platforms.

Finance Administration & Month-End Support

• Process employee expense claims and ensuresupporting documents and approvals are complete.
• Maintain organised electronic finance recordsand follow up missing invoices, receipts or information.
• Prepare selected month-end schedules andreconciliations for review by the Financial Accountant.
• Assist with audit, VAT, payroll and year-endsupporting documentation when required.

Systems & Process Support

• Use Xero and other finance or operationalsystems accurately and consistently.
• Follow agreed finance procedures andcontrols.
• Raise recurring transactional issues orprocess improvements with the Financial Accountant.

Requirements

Experience & Qualifications

• Completed university degree in Accounting,Finance, Management Accounting or a related field.
• At least 1 year of full-time post-universityexperience in an accounting or finance role.
• Practical exposure to accounts payable,accounts receivable and reconciliations.
• Experience using accounting software such asXero, Sage or similar.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Exposure to month-end accounting isadvantageous.
• Studying towards CIMA, SAIPA, SAICA oranother recognised professional accounting qualification is advantageous.
• Experience in a high-volume transactionalbusiness is advantageous.

Key Attributes

• Accurate and detail-oriented.
• Reliable, organised and comfortable withrecurring deadlines.
• Curious and willing to investigate discrepancies.
• Confident with systems and willing to learn.
• Able to ask questions and escalated appropriately.
• Proactive, trustworthy and solutions-focused.

What Success Looks Like

Successin this role would mean:

• Supplier invoices and customer payments areprocessed accurately and promptly.
• Bank, card and supplier reconciliationsremain current.
• Supporting documents are complete andorganised.
• Transactional work is ready for month-endwithout significant backlog.
• Finance queries and discrepancies arefollowed up and escalated appropriately.

& other information

• WOLO Travel offers a structured hybrid work from home, work from office environment
• Home base is in the Cape Town CBD and applicant must provide own transport
• Every employee receives a Guaranteed 10 WOLO Weekends (Long Weekends) a year
• WOLO Travel is a lifestyle brand with a commitment to "Working to live, not living to work!"