Finance Assistant: Flexible Hours, Detail-Driven Bookkeeping

Headhunters; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in the Eastern Cape seeks an experienced Finance Assistant to join the team. The role covers revenue, banking, petty cash, debtors, creditors, controls, and month-end support, demanding confidentiality and accuracy.

You will handle journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting, with a focus on process improvement and collaboration with operations and bookkeeping staff.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a finance support role.
• Strong knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Proficient in bookkeeping to trial balance.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel).
• Willingness to work flexible hours during audits or month-end close.
• Demonstrates a high level of confidentiality with sensitive financial and payroll data.
• Ability to adapt to new systems and processes with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Process and reconcile transactions for revenue and banking.
• Review revenue reports, update templates with new codes and formulas.
• Monitor cash-ups, record in financial system, follow up on variances.
• Process sales journals and perform control checks.
• Issue and process petty cash daily; perform weekly petty cash counts.
• Process debtor invoicing, statements, and reconciliations.
• Process supplier invoices and creditor payments.
• Manage and reconcile control accounts (e.g., EFT, Vouchers).
• Perform month-end journal entries and reconciliations.
• Maintain audit trails and compliance with VAT.

Skills

3 years’ experience

Confidential handling

Adaptability to new systems

Flexible hours during audits

Microsoft Office proficiency

Payroll handling

Education

Bookkeeping certificate/diploma

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our client in the Eastern Cape seeks an experienced Finance Assistant to join the team. The role covers revenue, banking, petty cash, debtors, creditors, controls, and month-end support, demanding confidentiality and accuracy.

You will handle journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting, with a focus on process improvement and collaboration with operations and bookkeeping staff.