Key details
Quick facts about this role
Location
Western Cape
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
Market related
Posted
22 Apr 2026
Closes
12 May 2026
Accounting Careers
Bookkeeper / Office Assistant
Are you an experienced bookkeeper wanting to work at a small, but busy company in the medical sector?
Our client near Kuils River requires an individual to manage the day-to-day bookkeeping of a medical practice. This role focuses on tracking revenue from varied sources (patient payments and insurance), managing high-volume inventory costs, reconciling accounts, processing payroll and ensuring tax compliance for the practice.
Since this is a small company, this role offers PA support to the owner and requires weekly visits to their other branch.
REQUIREMENTS
Our client near Kuils River requires an individual to manage the day-to-day bookkeeping of a medical practice. This role focuses on tracking revenue from varied sources (patient payments and insurance), managing high-volume inventory costs, reconciling accounts, processing payroll and ensuring tax compliance for the practice.
Since this is a small company, this role offers PA support to the owner and requires weekly visits to their other branch.
REQUIREMENTS
- Matric, tertiary qualification advantageous but not required
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in a Bookkeeping or similar role
- Very well presented and own transport and driver’s license
- Excellent communication skills, must be bilingual in English and Afrikaans
- Financial experience with debtors, creditors, bank reconciliations
- Experience with Pastel preferred
- Very accurate numerical skills
- All round administration and PA experience advantageous
- Essential to be accountable and take full responsibility of this job function
- Computer Literate
- Working alongside and reporting directly to the Director
- Oversee the company's financial data and compliance
- Manage accurate books on accounts payable and receivable up to Trial Balance
- Daily financial entries and reconciliations
- Managing and collecting of debtors
- Payment of creditors for two practices
- Daily and monthly Bank Reconciliations
- Recording of transaction in the ledger
- Sending patient statements monthly
- Assisting with any patient account queries
- Recording of all business transactions into the ledger
- Assisting with stocktake twice a year
- Correcting stock after stocktaking
- PA duties where required to support the Owner
- Monitoring emails, drafting communications on behalf of Owner
- Planning, and organising meetings and travel arrangements for Owner
- Ordering optical lenses, optical frames, optical cases, and optical equipment from overseas suppliers
- Processing invoices from suppliers and adding to stock on company systems
- Assist in reception if patient pressure demands
- Any ad-hoc duties that arise and offer assistance all round when needed in this busy practice