Bookkeeper

Caffenu®; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Caffenu®, a Cape Town-based manufacturer of cleaning products for local and international markets, seeks a hands-on Bookkeeper to support the Senior Bookkeeper. You will own day-to-day processing across creditors, debtors, banking, and assist with VAT, payroll, and month-end close.

The role offers genuine growth opportunities as you take on more responsibilities, with a three-month probation period and immediate start. Multi-currency processing and inventory-related tasks are included.

Qualifications

• Matric with Mathematics and/or Accounting is essential.
• A bookkeeping qualification is essential.
• Accounts payable and receivable experience.
• 3 to 5 years of bookkeeping experience, working to trial balance.
• Reconciliations experience.
• Intermediate Excel skills required.
• Palladium experience (advantageous).
• QuickBooks Online experience (advantageous).
• VAT preparation and SARS eFiling experience (advantageous).
• Foreign currency processing, including exchange rate conversion and forex adjustments (advantageous).
• Exposure to multi-entity processing (advantageous).
• Amazon or e-commerce marketplace reconciliation experience (advantageous).
• Exposure to manufacturing or inventory environments (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Process local creditors and supplier payments.
• Prepare customer invoices and statements.
• Capture bank transactions and perform reconciliations.
• Assemble VAT documentation and SARS eFiling support.
• Assist with payroll submissions.
• Prepare monthly reporting pack for external accountant.
• Support year-end and inventory-related processing.
• Multi-currency processing across group entities.
• Audit-trail compliant filing.

Skills

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Bank reconciliations

VAT knowledge

Excel skills

Multi-currency processing

Forex adjustments

Education

Matric with Mathematics and/or Accounting

Bookkeeping qualification

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Palladium

Excel

Job description

We are a Cape Town manufacturer supplying coffee machine cleaning products to customers locally and internationally, operating across several group companies. Our finance team is small, so the work is varied, and you will see the full transaction cycle.

This is a hands-on bookkeeping role supporting the Senior Bookkeeper. You will own day-to-day processing across creditors, debtors, and banking, and support month-end, VAT, and payroll. There is genuine room to grow. As you take on more, the role grows with you.

The position is available immediately and is subject to a three-month probation period.

Main Outcomes

• Accurate and timely processing of creditor accounts and supplier payments.
• Accurate debtor accounts and effective support of cash-collection activities.
• Complete, up-to-date banking records and reconciliation across the group.
• Accurate and timely support for VAT, statutory and payroll requirements.
• A clean and efficient month-end close.
• Complete, organised and audit-ready financial records.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Creditors

• Complete creditors processing for local suppliers.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve queries.
• Prepare payment runs for review and authorisation.
• Administer petty cash and process expense claims.
• Stamp, sign, number and file documents in line with audit-trail requirements.

Debtors

• Prepare customer invoices and statement runs.
• Assist with following up on overdue accounts.
• Process credit applications and support credit-limit reviews.

Banking and Reconciliation

• Capture bank transactions and assist with bank reconciliations.
• Reconcile intercompany loan accounts across group entities.
• Process and verify proofs of payment.

VAT and Statutory Support

• Assemble VAT documentation and supporting reports.
• Assist with SARS VAT review requests.

Payroll Support

• Assist with Time and Attendance and payroll submissions.

General

• Complete month-end processing and support the financial close.
• Assist with preparing the monthly reporting pack for the external accountant.
• Support year-end preparation.
• Assist with inventory-related financial processing.
• Assist with multi-currency processing.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial filing.
• Provide backup support to the Office Administrator when required.

Experience & Qualifications

• Matric with Mathematics and/or Accounting is essential.
• A bookkeeping qualification is essential.
• Accounts payable and receivable experience.
• 3 to 5 years of bookkeeping experience, working to trial balance.
• Reconciliations experience.
• Intermediate Excel skills required.
• Palladium experience (advantageous).
• QuickBooks Online experience (advantageous).
• VAT preparation and submission experience on SARS eFiling (advantageous).
• Foreign currency processing, including exchange rate conversion and forex adjustments (advantageous).
• Exposure to multi-entity processing (advantageous).
• Amazon or e-commerce marketplace reconciliation experience (advantageous).
• Exposure to manufacturing or inventory environments (advantageous).