Bookkeeper

Key Responsibilities:

• Full bookkeeping function across multiple entities
• Capturing and posting bank transactions
• Performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Processing journals including payroll and leave provisions
• Maintaining fixed asset registers
• Reviewing income statement and balance sheet accounts
• Managing daily trust accounting transactions and reconciliations
• Processing trust-to-business transfers and maintaining audit trails
• Assisting with annual statutory audits and trust audits
• VAT review and preparation for eFiling submissions
• Liaising with internal stakeholders regarding account and ledger queries
• Supporting company secretarial and banking administration functions

Requirements:

• Minimum 35 years bookkeeping experience
• At least 2 years experience within a legal or professional services environment
• Hands-on trust accounting experience essential
• Exposure to multi-entity accounting environments
• Practical VAT experience
• Experience with accounting systems such as Xero or Sage
• Strong Excel skills including reconciliations, pivots, and lookups
• High attention to detail and strong reconciliation ability

Qualifications:

• Relevant bookkeeping qualification essential
• Registration or eligibility for registration with a recognised professional body advantageous
• BCom or studies towards SAIPA / AGA(SA) / similar beneficial

This role offers exposure to a regulated accounting environment, a collaborative finance team, and the opportunity to work closely with senior finance leadership.