Senior Bookkeeper

Cannect Digital; Durban; On-site; ZAR 207,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses twice a year

Training opportunities

Job summary

Cannect Digital, a Durban-based Performance Marketing group, seeks a Senior Bookkeeper to own day-to-day accounting across three entities using Xero. You will handle reconciliations, client billing, debtors, VAT, payroll inputs and year-end work with external accountants.

You will report to Directors, maintain accuracy and timely reporting, and support asset registers, compliance packs, and group insurance across entities.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end bookkeeping across multiple entities.

Responsibilities

• Process all three entities in Xero from source documents to trial balance, including supplier invoices, reconciliations and journals.
• Prepare monthly management accounts (income statement, balance sheet) per entity and group, with KPI pack and commentary.
• Manage client billing, debtors, statements, age analysis and collections; escalate as needed.
• Support VAT, payroll inputs, year-end, and SARS queries with external accountants.
• Maintain fixed asset register, FICA/compliance documentation, and group insurance.
• Track expenses against budget and ensure proper controls and approvals.

Tools

Xero

Job description

Senior Bookkeeper | Group role across three companies | Durban, KZN

Cannect Digital is an established Durban Performance Marketing with an eleven-year track record. Alongside it sit two much smaller trading companies. Our finance function is currently outsourced. We are bringing the day-to-day work in-house, and we are looking for a senior bookkeeper to own it across all three companies. We sincerely love and take care of our team and you will be joining a family. Our culture is one of our best features, and if you're the right fit, we know you will be happy with us. The base salary is R22,500 per month and then twice a year (January and July) we pay additional bonuses. We are so driven by learning and growth so we're happy to send you on courses to uplift your expertise and make you an even better bookkeeper.

You will process all three sets of books in Xero, run the reconciliations, own the client billing run and the debtors book, carry the financial administration and prepare the monthly management accounts. Our external accounting firm stays on alongside you: they review your month-end, submit the VAT returns, process the payroll and prepare the annual financial statements.

This is a standalone role. You will be the person who keeps the books clean, the debtors book under control and the Directors properly informed across every entity. The numbers you produce are what the Directors use to make decisions, so accuracy and timing matter. .

What you will own

Processing and reconciliations

all three entities from source documents to trial balance in Xero; supplier invoices, returns and statement reconciliations; customer receipt allocations and cashbooks; bank, credit card and petty cash reconciliations; general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations; journals, accruals, prepayments and depreciation; director loan accounts and expense claims; intercompany balances and the intercompany summary.

Monthly management accounts

income statement and balance sheet per entity plus a group summary, the agreed ratio and KPI pack, plain-language commentary on movements and variances, submitted to our external accountants for review and then to the Directors by an agreed working day each month. You attend the monthly numbers meeting and answer questions on what you produced.

Client billing and debtors

take the monthly billing run over from the Directors and issue invoices accurately and on schedule across all entities; own the debtors book, statements, age analysis, weekly follow-up and collections; engage directly and professionally with clients on outstanding accounts; escalate problem accounts with a recommended course of action; creditor reconciliations and payment runs prepared for Director release.

Compliance support and records

prepare and reconcile the VAT schedules per entity and hand a clean, supported pack to our external accountants for submission; provide payroll inputs to the outsourced payroll function and process the payroll journals; maintain employment files, UIF records and statutory documentation; keep records audit-ready year-round; support the external accountants on provisional tax, year-end and routine SARS queries.

Financial administration

build and maintain the fixed asset register across all three entities (additions, disposals, depreciation schedules, verification and reconciliation to the general ledger); keep each company’s FICA pack current with the banks, insurers and service providers (CIPC documents, director identification, proof of address, resolutions and annual refreshes); maintain a FICA and statutory document register so nothing lapses; support CIPC annual returns and company secretarial record keeping; manage the group insurance schedule and renewals; and handle the general financial administration and ad-hoc Director requests.

Cost and controls

track expenses against budget and flag overspend; maintain the supplier, contract and software subscription register; follow the agreed approval and payment controls, and tell us where they are not working.