SENIOR BOOKKEEPER

Dante Personnel; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel is seeking a detail-oriented finance professional to manage business and trust accounting, ensure accurate records, and perform daily, weekly and monthly reconciliations.

You will handle payroll inputs, assist with payroll reconciliations, support year-end audits, maintain strong internal controls, and liaise with partners and auditors to uphold FICA compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the firm’s business and trust accounting records accurately and timeously
• Process and reconcile trust receipts, trust payments, transfers, and interest
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly trust reconciliations and ensure compliance with legal practice accounting requirements
• Manage creditors, debtors, general ledger, journals, cashbook, and bank reconciliations
• Monitor and reconcile client matters, trust creditors, and fee transfers
• Prepare and process monthly management accounts and supporting schedules
• Attend to billing support, receipts allocation, write-offs, and collection reporting
• Administer payroll inputs and assist with payroll reconciliations where required
• Assist with year-end audit preparation, including trust audit support and provision of audit schedules
• Maintain strong internal financial controls and ensure proper segregation and authorization of transactions
• Support FICA-related financial record keeping and source document retention
• Liaise with partners, fee earners, auditors, banks, and service providers on finance-related matters
• Opening and closure of TPFA and 3PIM Trust Investments
• Ensure confidentiality, accuracy, and professional handling of all firm and client financial records

Job description

Minimum requirements

• Business and trust accounting
• Maintain the firm’s business and trust accounting records accurately and timeously
• Process and reconcile trust receipts, trust payments, transfers, and interest
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly trust reconciliations and ensure compliance with
  legal practice accounting requirements
• Manage creditors, debtors, general ledger, journals, cashbook, and bank reconciliations
• Monitor and reconcile client matters, trust creditors, and fee transfers
• Prepare and process monthly management accounts and supporting schedules
• Attend to billing support, receipts allocation, write-offs, and collection reporting
• Administer payroll inputs and assist with payroll reconciliations where required
• Assist with year-end audit preparation, including trust audit support and provision of audit schedules
• Maintain strong internal financial controls and ensure proper segregation and authorization of transactions
• Support FICA-related financial record keeping and source document retention
• Liaise with partners, fee earners, auditors, banks, and service providers on finance-related matters
• Opening and closure of TPFA and 3PIM Trust Investments
• Ensure confidentiality, accuracy, and professional handling of all firm and client financial
  records