Overview
Bookkeeper Jobs in South Africa at Human Edge Resourcing
Title: Bookkeeper
Company: Human Edge Resourcing
Location: South Africa
Our client is on the lookout for a bookkeeper to work within their Outsource Finance team based in the Norwich office, UK.
The Outsource team provides an in-house finance service for clients. They use cloud-based software to manage day-to-day tasks and provide clients with the financial information needed to help grow their businesses.
Ideally you will be on the way to gaining your AAT/ACCA qualification and / or have had several years of bookkeeping experience.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Our client is TC Farnell Clarke – the UK's first 100% digital accounting firm. Outsourcing is a fast-growing department within Farnell Clarke. They are a small friendly team which works together and with the latest cloud technology to service clients’ financial requirements efficiently. Their clients see the Outsource Department as their virtual finance department, we free up their time so they can focus on their business.
Each member of the outsource team has designated clients, and with this comes frequent communication, swiftly ensuring we build strong relationships and are valued members of our client’s team. Bookkeeping is the bedrock of everything we do. Utilising apps we can accurately and efficiently post and reconcile transactions, with the added bonus of reducing laborious data entry. We are always researching the market for tools which will improve processes, constantly trying to improve. The accuracy of the information we provide monthly; management accounts & cashflow forecasts is wholly reliant on the bookkeeping and is hugely appreciated by our clients. Management information, produced in a timely manner, ensure business decisions can be made and clients can be reactive. We are very much focused on each member of the outsource team, encouraging and supporting CPD and career progression.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Services
- Undertake bank reconciliations
- Raise sales invoices as per clients’ instructions
- Process supplier invoices and allocating payments
- Checking purchase orders against invoices
- Reconcile supplier statements
- Collate and process expenses
- Prepare supplier payments for clients
- Post monthly payroll journals
- Understand and post monthly journals such as prepayments and accruals
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Provide support to clients via telephone, email etc
- Prepare responses to supplier and clients queries
- Credit control on behalf of clients – sending the initial email or making the first phone call to customers
- Ensure accurate statements are sent to customers
- Assist with the preparation of UK VAT returns
Administration
- Liaise with clients in a professional manner
- Manage our client’s accounts@ in-boxes, answering queries where necessary and escalate to associate as appropriate
- Ensure electronic and physical client files are complete and maintained fully
- Answering the telephone for the outsource team
- Complete internal checks to ensure consistent and accurate work
Business Development
- Build positive relationships with clients in day-to-day work
- Promote the services of the business to clients and potential clients
- Understand the value of time and apply to tasks undertaken
Team
- Communicate confidently with others in the team
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in order to meet the objectives of the business
- Perform routine tasks independently
- Contribute to team meetings and put forward ideas and feedback in order to improve ways of working
Competencies & Behaviours
- Undertake any other tasks that may be reasonably requested
- Knowledge of Xero and/or Dext would be an advantage, a passion for cloud software is essential
- Acknowledge and learns from mistakes
- Prioritises clients’ issues and addresses them accordingly
- Responds to and anticipates client needs in a timely, professional, helpful and courteous manner
- Is able to seek out support to make decisions
- Maintains continuous, open and consistent communication with others
- Understands risks to the firm and clients with regards to GDPR, AML and data protection
- Recognises value of time and able to identify need to additional resource and request with line manager
HOW TO APPLY
Please use the link provided to complete our online technical assessment. If you are successful, you will receive the email address that you can send your CV to.
Please note:
- The assessments are timed to discourage the use of AI, but honestly, using AI is a terrible way to get an interview, because we will ask similar questions in the interview and you will just be embarrassed if you cannot answer them face-to-face.
- We do not consider CVs that are not accompanied by successful assessments and we do not consider assessments that are not accompanied by CVs.