KFML: Bookkeeper

Job Details

• Closing Date 2026/09/21
• Reference Number KFM
  260916-1
• Job Title KFML:
  Bookkeeper
• Job Type Permanent
• Business Unit KFML Holdings
• Department Finance
• Number of Positions 1
• Location
  - Town / City Port Elizabeth
• Location
  - Province Eastern Cape
• Location
  - Country South Africa
• Minimum Education Level Bachelors Degree | Advanced Diploma
• Job Category Finance

To ensure the accurate and timeous processing of cashbook, debtors, creditors and related reconciliations. The role supports the finance function by maintaining accurate and complete financial records, ensuring transactions are correctly captured and allocated, and that financial records are maintained in accordance with company policies and applicable accounting standards.

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.

• A degree in Bookkeeping or Accounting
• 2–3 years’ experience in bookkeeping with experience in processing cashbook, debtors and creditors
• Experience performing reconciliations (creditors, debtors and bank reconciliations)
• Strong Excel skills and experience with accounting or ERP systems (e.g., Syspro, Sage, Pastel, SAP, Quick Books)

• Customer invoicing and sending monthly statements
• Follow up on outstanding customer payments
• Allocate incoming payments accurately against invoices
• Monitoring the debtors' age analysis and reporting on overdue accounts
• Liaise with customers to resolve queries and disputes.

• Processing monthly cashbook transactions and performing bank reconciliations
• Ensure cash book transactions are allocated to correct GL accounts
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items
• Process and review petty cash and credit card transactions
• Maintain supporting documentation for cashbook transactions
• Identify unusual or unauthorised transactions and escalation them appropriately.

• Receive, verify, and capture supplier invoices
• Reconcile supplier statements to the creditors' ledger and investigate outstanding or unmatched items
• Prepare and load supplier payments for approval in accordance with approved supplier invoices, agreed payment terms and company payment procedures
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date creditors’ ledger
• Liaise with suppliers regarding outstanding queries or payment issues.

• Monitor and record stock movements
• Reconcile physical stock with system records and report discrepancies
• Investigate and resolve stock variances
• Assist in stock counts
• Maintain accurate stock records in the system
• Liaise with the IT buying team and relevant departments to ensure stock purchases, receipts, movements and adjustments are accurately recorded and processed in accordance with established procedures.