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SENIOR BOOKKEEPER - BELLVILLE (3425H EW SBOOK)

Overview

Reference
3425H EW SBOOK

Salary
ZAR/month

Job Location
- South Africa -- City of Cape Town -- Cape Town -- Bellville

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
02 November 2025

Closing date
14 Nov 2025 15:54


An established insurance company is seeking to hire a highly skilled and experienced Senior Bookkeeper to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for an professional with strong bookkeeping experience to grow their career within a reputable organisation. Your:

 Formal Education:

  • Grade 12 with Accounting
  • Certificate or Diploma in Bookkeeping/Accounting or equivalent

Experience:

  • 5 to 7 years’ experience in bookkeeping/ accounting function (2 years’ experience as Bookkeeper II)

will enable you to:

Procurement and suppliers:

  • Responsible for processing and follow up of primary source documents (supplier invoices, credit notes and payments)
  • Have a basic understanding and awareness of the Group's policies, procedures and Levels of Authority regarding goods and services procured
  • Maintains the key relationship with the finance department of suppliers and follows up outstanding issues
  • Responsible for filing all supporting documentation
  • Assists in other areas where required

General accounting records and reconciliations:

  • Prepares cash books and bank reconciliations
  • Prepares supplier reconciliations
  • Maintains the fixed assets registers including the tagging and location verification of assets
  • Processes routine journal entries
  • Prepares other reconciliation schedules for routine/simple account balances
  • Responsible for ensuring that the primary source documents are correctly reflected in the accounting records
  • Assists where requested by the accountant with intercompany transaction schedules and confirmations
  • Assists in other areas where required

Management information:

  • Assist in preparing management information and budget schedules where requested

Sales function:

  • Responsible for processing and follow up of primary source documents (customer invoices, credit notes, statements, and deposits)
  • Assists the accountant to collect outstanding customer balances
  • Assists in other areas where required

Treasury and financial soundness:

  • Reports daily on cash and bank balances
  • Plans and co-ordinates the payment release process

  • Assists in preparing the weekly and long-term cash flow

  • Assists in other areas where required

Taxation:

  • Prepares and submits VAT returns
  • Prepares and submits EMP returns
  • Prepares and submits Income Tax returns for simple entities
  • Assists in other areas where required

Audit and year-end:

  • Assists with preparation of information within line of duty to management and the auditors
  • Assists in other areas where required

Special projects:

  • Assists in other areas where required

Strategic and other areas:

  • Participates in meetings
  • Basic communication required
  • Decision-making is limited to timing, speed and quality of subject matter
  • Basic knowledge on subject matter is required
  • Carries out principles from policies and strategy
  • No ability to influence others
  • Assists in other areas where required


Contact information

Pieter