Senior Bookkeeper

Phoenix Recruitment Limited; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Paarl accounting firm seeks a Senior Bookkeeper to perform and oversee advanced bookkeeping for its clients. You will record daily transactions, produce ledgers and management reports, and manage VAT reconciliations for SARS submissions.

Leading the bookkeeping team, you will provide direction, train staff, and supervise work, while ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of financial statements and audit packs.

Qualifications

• Matric with maths and accounting; relevant accounting qualification.
• 3–4 years bookkeeping experience in an accounting practice.
• Solid understanding of accounts payable/receivable and stock.
• VAT legislation and SARS e-filing proficiency.
• Ability to review management reports and supervise staff.

Responsibilities

• Record day-to-day financial transactions and post in accounting software.
• Bring books to trial balance and ensure accuracy.
• Filing electronic or hardcopy documents and client liaison.
• Review management reports and issue to clients.
• Manage VAT reconciliation and SARS submissions.
• Supervise bookkeeping staff, hire scheduling and performance reviews.
• Create, review, and approve audit packs/financial statements.
• Oversee daily operations of the bookkeeping team.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Financial reporting

VAT reconciliation

Team supervision

Client management

Education

Matric with maths & accounting

Certificate or Diploma in accounting or bookkeeping

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage Online Accounting

Dear Systems

Dext

Hubdoc

Google Drive

One Drive

Dropbox

Practice Management Software

Payroll software

SARS E-filing

Job description

Accounting Firm based in Paarl is looking for a Senior Bookkeeper to provide bookkeeping services to its clients.

The company endeavour to provide high-quality data readily available for various uses including reporting, decision making and finance applications. The bookkeeping team is integral to providing this service to clients. The primary purpose for this position is to perform and oversee advanced bookkeeping functions for the clients.

You are responsible for recording and maintaining day to day business financial transactions of clients such as sales, invoices, purchases, expenses receipts and payments into general ledgers. The general ledgers are used to produce management reports which include balance sheet, income statement, age receivable, age payable and stock reports.

Duties:

• Record day-to-day financial transactions and complete the posting process in accounting software.
• Bring the books to the trail balance stage and ensure the trail balance accuracy.
• Filing of electronic or hardcopy documents.
• Review management reports and issue to clients
• Manage VAT reconciliation and submission process
• Client management and engagement related to bookkeeping matters.
• Manage bookkeeping team administrative and management aspects.
• Create, review, and approve audit packs/ financial statement packs.
• Various other ad hoc duties as required.
• Provide direction to team
• Trains, provides work direction, and problem-solving assistance for the Bookkeeping team.
• Overseeing the daily operations of Bookkeeping Team.
• Assist the Bookkeeper Team Leader with the supervision of the bookkeeping staff, including hiring, scheduling and assigning work, reviewing performance, and recommends salary increases, promotions, transfers, demotions, or terminations.

Requirements:

• Matric with mid to high grades in mathematics and accounting.
• Completed Certificate or Completed Diploma in accounting or bookkeeping
• At least 3 - 4 years bookkeeping experience in an accounting practice environment
• Understand advanced workings of a financials and bookkeeping including accounts payable, accounts receivable and stock.
• Advanced principles and rules of Value-Added Tax Act
• Advanced understanding to review management reports
• Intermediate understanding of client relationship management
• Advanced understanding of VAT reconciliations and submissions to SARS.
• Intermediate understanding of supervision principles
• Basic understanding of management principles
• Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting principles
• Basic understanding of bookkeeping best practices
• Bank Reconciliations

Software:

• Able to work on a Microsoft operating system
• Able to work with Microsoft Office 365 product suite including Excel, Word, Outlook
• Accounting software (training to be provided)
• Xero
• Quickbooks
• Sage Online Accounting
  • Client specific ERP software (training to be provided)
• Dear Systems
  • SARS E-filing (training to be provided)
  • Document Management Software (training to be provided)
• Dext (Receiptbank)
• Hubdoc
• Google Drive
• One Drive
• Dropbox
• Practice Management Software
• Process Management Software
• Payroll software (training to be provided)
• Sage Online Payroll
• Payspace
• Simplepay
• SARS Easyfile
• Syft