Accounting Clerk

Our client, a brand development house in Cape Town, is looking for an Accounting Clerk (Debtors and Creditors Clerk) to join their team.

In this role, you have the opportunity to:
As part of the finance team and under the direction of the Finance Manager, support the company to meet its objectives by providing accurate, reliable, and timely financial reports.
You will work with a high-performing, cross-functional team and across multiple brands.


You are responsible for:
Maintaining supplier and customer detail in the company’s accounting system.
Daily processing of supplier invoices and monthly reconciliation of supplier accounts against supplier statements.
Daily processing of customer invoices and weekly reconciliation of customer accounts against warehouse sales reports.
Managing customer accounts to ensure that customers stay within their credit limits and following up on outstanding accounts.
Managing finance related customer queries and liaising with the order fulfilment team to ensure the processing of credits.
Processing and sending of monthly customer statements and customer invoices.
Weekly reconciliation of all bank transactions and balance check against bank statement.
Weekly reconciliation of credit card transactions and balance check against statement. Ensuring inclusion of all slips received and processed when reconciling the credit card.
Weekly reconciliation and processing of online payments made through various payment gates, including but not limited to; Payflex, Payfast and Snapscan.
Reconciling online transactions against monthly online sales report.
Weekly reconciliation of the advance income account.
Monthly reconciliation of the pre-payments account and requesting outstanding supplier invoices.
Maintaining the asset register and monthly calculation of depreciation.
Calculating and reconciling the monthly VAT201.
Preparing and processing payments for the weekly pay run.
Assisting order fulfilment with administrative tasks as required.


You are part of:

An unique combination of a critical and deadline-driven role that is part of the finance team. You will be actively encouraged to assist in making improvements, establish and maintain the best-in-class service, and have a direct impact on the company''s success.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:
Matric / Grade 12 Certificate.
Accounting Diploma, and one to two years relevant experience in the accounting industry, is preferable.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion.
Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines.
Good administrative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong customer service skills.
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