Bookkeeper

Hollywoodbets; Durban; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports and entertainment betting operator in Durban is seeking a motivated bookkeeper to manage financial metrics and ensure accurate cash book processing. The ideal candidate will bring strong people management and problem-solving skills. Join a dynamic team where you can grow and innovate while maintaining high-quality standards in your work.

Responsibilities

• Processing of weekly cash book transactions ensuring accurate allocations.
• Reviewing monthly petty cash reconciliations.
• Reviewing general ledgers for accurate capturing and VAT accounting.
• Assisting the Senior Team with audit requests and tasks.

Skills

People Management Skills

Problem Solving Skills

Time Management Skills

Education

Minimum 1 year of Bookkeeping/ Accounting experience

Microsoft Office experience

Job description

Job Description

• People Management Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Time Management Skills

Responsibilities

Financial metrics

• Processing of weekly cash book transactions and ensuring allocations are accurate and complete.
• Reviewing monthly petty cash recons.
• Reviewing of general ledgers to ensure cashbook clerk, debtors and creditors capturing are correctly allocated and VAT correctly accounted for.
• Ensuring the Cashbook Clerks, Creditors and Debtors meet their deadlines which will allow sufficient time for review of all general ledgers before the preparation of management accounts.
• Capturing of monthly routine journal entries for review by the Senior Team.
• Preparation of performance measures and supporting reports relevant to the management accounts.
• Preparation of monthly high-risk reconciliations for review by the Senior Team.
• Completion of monthly balance sheet recons for review by the Senior Team.
• With the guidance of the Senior Team, preparation of the trial balance for the monthly management accounts.
• Review monthly VAT ledger accounts, prepare output and input reasonableness schedules and VAT reconciliations which will be reviewed by the Senior Team.
• Assist the Senior Team with the requests from external auditors, internal auditors and BEE auditors.
• Assist seniors with adhoc tasks and company projects from time to time.

People

• Living HW values of Service Excellence, Commitment, Integrity, Accountability, Enthusiasm, Ubuntu and Innovation.
• Be considered a team player who helps out rest of team when required over and above their current role.

Compliance, risk and quality

• Attendance at necessary training sessions.
• Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each year’s financial records can stand on its own when enquiries/ investigations/audits take place.
• Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work/templates/workbooks/financial models.
• Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved/backed up and appropriately named.
• Effectively deal with internal and external parties (auditors, etc) where required.

Other

• Assist with company projects as allocated from time to time.
• Assist with year-end audit files and audit queries.
• Identifying accounting-related risks and ensuring proper mitigation of these risks.
• Maintaining effective relationship and communication with Internal audit and Treasury teams.
• Assisting with ideas on innovation and automation of bookkeeper functions.
• Any other such duties that might be required.

Special projects

• Assist as and when they arise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of Bookkeeping/ Accounting experience.
• Microsoft Office experience

About Us

Hollywoodbets is a sports and entertainment betting operator that was born and bred in Durban, South Africa. Whether you’re in one of our upmarket retail branches or online, our customers can conveniently place bets in style anytime, anywhere.

We’re proud to partner with local and international legends, from the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Brentford FC to iconic events like the Hollywoodbets Durban July. Being part of our Purple Team means being part of something bigger.

At Hollywoodbets, every day is a chance to learn, grow, and make an impact. We move fast, think big, and work together to turn bold ideas into reality. With passion, creativity, and a shared purpose, we bring our Purple Spirit to everything we do.

The opportunities here are endless. If you’re driven, curious, agile and ready to level up, there’s no limit to how far you can go with the Purple Team!