Junior Accountant: Detail‑Oriented to Trial Balance

Shift Pursuit; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Shift Pursuit is seeking a detail-oriented Junior Accountant to join our finance team in Stikland, Cape Town. You will handle debtors and creditors, perform reconciliations, and contribute to processes up to Trial Balance, ensuring precise financial records.

Ideal candidates will have experience in a junior accounting role and proficiency with Sage, with strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in a junior accountant or similar role.
• Proficiency in Sage or equivalent accounting software.
• Practical experience with debtors and creditors.
• Experience performing bank reconciliations.
• Experience with costing reconciliations.
• Ability to work with accounting records up to Trial Balance.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Managing debtors and creditors as part of daily operations.
• Performing bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy.
• Carrying out costing reconciliations to support costing accuracy.
• Maintaining accurate financial records and ledgers.
• Processing and reconciling accounting transactions.
• Assisting with month-end accounting processes.
• Working with financial information up to Trial Balance.
• Ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial records.

Skills

Debtors

Creditors

Bank Reconciliations

Costing Reconciliations

Trial Balance

Attention to detail

Time management

Independent work

Tools

Sage

Job description

Shift Pursuit is seeking a detail-oriented Junior Accountant to join our finance team in Stikland, Cape Town. You will handle debtors and creditors, perform reconciliations, and contribute to processes up to Trial Balance, ensuring precise financial records.

Ideal candidates will have experience in a junior accounting role and proficiency with Sage, with strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.