Senior Bookkeeper Montague Gardens Cape Town

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Bookkeeper with 10 years’ experience books to balance sheet. You will be responsible for end-to-end bookkeeping and monthly financial processing for a manufacturing and distribution environment, ensuring accurate costing, inventory accounting, supplier/customer reconciliations.

Salary High end

Min Qualification and requirements

• Diploma/Certificate in Accounting/Bookkeeping (e.g., ICB) or equivalent; BCom advantageous.
• 8-10 years bookkeeping experience, ideally in manufacturing/warehousing/distribution.
• Systems: Strong with Excel, experience on an ERP (Sage Evolution/ Pastel preferred.
• VAT basics (VAT Act requirements for tax invoices), reconciliations, inventory principles, GRNI/stock processes.
• High attention to detail and strong reconciliation discipline.
• Month-end close completed within agreed timeline.
• Bank, supplier, customer and inventory reconciliations completed and signed off monthly.
• AP/AR aging within targets; minimal unresolved GRNI and pricing variances.

Key responsibilities

• Full bookkeeping to trial balance SAGE Evolution
• Capture and review transactions in the general ledger (journals, accruals, provisions
• Maintain accurate sub-ledgers (AP, AR, inventory, fixed assets if applicable).
• Prepare monthly trial balance packs and support month-end close timelines.
• Accounts payable (suppliers) – procurement focused
• Process supplier invoices (3-way match: PO, GRN, invoice) and resolve variances.
• Accounts receivable (customers) – distribution/supply chain
• Issue invoices/credit notes in line with sales orders, delivery notes and pricing.
• Inventory and manufacturing accounting support
• Bank, cashbook and payment controls
• Process daily cashbook transactions and bank recons for multiple bank accounts.
• VAT and statutory compliance (South Africa)
• Prepare VAT reconciliations and support VAT201 submissions (standard and zero-rated supplies, imports/exports where applicable).
• Fixed assets and capex – Maintain fixed asset register, process additions/disposals, and calculate depreciation journals.
• Track capex approvals and match supplier invoices to capex projects.
• Reporting and analysis
• Process improvement and systems
• Improve month-end close, reconciliations and controls in AP/AR and inventory processes.
• Maintain SOPs and ensure adherence to procurement-to-pay and order-to-cash processes.
• Internal – Procurement, Stores/Warehouse, Production, Logistics/Transport, Sales, HR/Payroll, Finance Manager/Financial Controller.

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