Bookkeeper - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
1 day ago
Job description
Closing Date 2026/02/23
Reference Number KFM
Job Title Bookkeeper
Job Type Permanent
Business Unit Spec-Savers Accounting Services
Department Finance
Number of Positions 2
Location - Town / City Port Elizabeth
Location - Province Eastern Cape
Location - Country South Africa
Minimum Education Level Diploma | Advanced Certificate
Job Category Accounting
Job Advert Summary
A bookkeeper is a financial professional responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records for an organisation. They play a crucial role in managing the day-to-day financial operations and ensuring that financial information is recorded and organised effectively.
At our company, we live by our ICARE values:
Innovation
,
Collaboration
,
Accountability
,
Respect
, and
Empathy
. We believe in fostering creativity and developing forward-thinking solutions to drive excellence. Our collaborative approach brings together diverse perspectives to achieve shared goals, while accountability ensures that we take ownership of our actions to build trust and credibility. We hold respect at the core of our interactions, valuing each individual's contributions and treating everyone with dignity. Lastly, empathy guides us to understand and support others, creating a compassionate and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma in Bookkeeper or related.
- Proven experience as a bookkeeper or in a similar role.
- Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial regulations.
Duties and Responsibilities
Bookkeeping
- Bookkeeping of at least 8 stores (subject to change at discretion of management).
- Processing of point-of-sale month-end reports.
- Processing of cashbooks (importing) and bank reconciliations.
- Processing of salary journals and timeous clearing of control accounts.
- Monthly audit files to be prepared and submitted to senior by deadline dates.
- Preparation of monthly management accounts to senior by deadline dates.
- Raising of accruals, provisions, fixed asset journals and other journals.
- Liaison with auditors.
- Liaison with staff and owners at stores, management and others.
- Payment of accounts on electronic banking.
- Attending to daily queries at store level.
- Completion of credit application and other forms.
Fixed Assets
- Maintenance of fixed asset registers.
- Processing of fixed asset journals.
- Depreciation, addition and disposal entries to be passed.
- Control over documentation supporting additions and disposals.
Debtors
- Preparation and clearing of debtors reconciliations (+- 6 different types).
- Ensuring that all EDI payments are receipted by stores timeously.
- Reconciling of cash banked by store to daybooks daily and follow-up of over/under banking.
- Checking of daybooks and daily sales summaries and follow-up of variances.
- Monitoring of debt collection and debtors ageing.
Stock
- Monitoring and follow-up of stock count variances.
Statutory Returns
- Reconciliation of VAT – box reports to General Ledger.
- Preparation of VAT returns and submission and payment thereof.
- Reconciliation of PAYE and follow-up of outstanding items.
- Preparation of PAYE returns and submission and payment thereof.
- Liaison with SARS in clearing old, outstanding items.
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