Bookkeeper

Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 02/07/2026

• Location Type Hybrid (Part office, Part remote)
• Job Type Permanent
• Remuneration Term Per Month
• Date Opened 02/07/2026
• State/Province Western Cape
• Country South Africa

A prominent financial services and accounting consultancy, is seeking a meticulous and highly accurate Bookkeeper for a permanent hybrid position. This comprehensive, full-function bookkeeping role is central to maintaining the financial integrity of multiple client portfolios up to the trial balance. The successful candidate will take full operational ownership of day-to-day transactional accounting workflows, ledger processing, and bank reconciliations while actively monitoring cash flow variables.

This position balances independent remote task management with mandatory on-site office collaboration, making it ideal for a structured finance professional who exhibits high transparency, problem-solving capabilities, and exceptional attention to detail in a deadline-driven advisory environment.

• Daily Transaction Tracking: Capture, monitor, and process daily financial activities, including client purchases, corporate expenses, sales revenues, supplier invoices, and outgoing payments.
• Ledger Governance & Processing: Process journal entries and continuously update and maintain the general ledger to ensure strict structural accounting alignment.
• Bank & Account Reconciliations: Perform regular bank account reconciliations and verify transaction entries across accounting applications to ensure maximum data integrity.
• Working Capital Optimization: Send out accurate invoices to manage the accounts receivable ledger effectively, while systematically overseeing the accounts payable pipeline.
• Trial Balance Maintenance: Conduct comprehensive general ledger reconciliations to successfully maintain the trial balance and execute total account reconciliations to verify historical transaction accuracy.
• Cash Flow Monitoring: Track, analyze, and report on organizational cash flow trends to safeguard financial liquidity.
• Financial Year-End Prep: Compile, structure, and prepare complete sets of books up to Trial Balance for final review by the senior Accountant to streamline Annual Financial Statements (AFS) production.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of post-qualification experience executing full-function bookkeeping up to trial balance.
• Formal tertiary Diploma or Degree in Bookkeeping, Accounting, or Finance.
• Proven ability to produce work with a maximum level of accuracy, strict attention to detail, and robust organisational skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities, excellent time management skills, and a strong natural numerical aptitude.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills paired with a high level of professionalism, integrity, and operational transparency.
• Valid driver's license and own reliable personal transport to facilitate the hybrid commuting model.
• Prior experience managing diverse client portfolios within an accounting practice or financial services firm framework.

• Cloud Accounting Platforms: Practical software experience or proficiency with Xero, Sage One Business Accounting Online, Pastel Accounting, or Quick Books Online.
• Office Productivity Suite: Competent command of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook for financial report layout, correspondence, and data sorting.

Hybrid (Work from home balanced with structured time at the client’s offices in Durbanville, Cape Town).