Key details
Quick facts about this role
Location
Western Cape
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
Market related
Posted
28 Mar 2026
Closes
17 Apr 2026
Retail Jobs
Bookkeeper & PA – Retail sector, Brackenfell
Are you a detail-oriented Bookkeeper who thrives in the fast-paced retail & service environment of a medium-sized entity?
Our client in Northern Suburbs is seeking a hands-on professional to manage the bookkeeping functions, preparing monthly reconciliations, maintaining trial balance ensuring accounts accuracy and maintaining supplier & customer accounts.
As a right hand to the Director, you will support month-end processes, assist with financial reporting, and uphold strong internal controls across cash handling, inventory and banking.
REQUIREMENTS
Our client in Northern Suburbs is seeking a hands-on professional to manage the bookkeeping functions, preparing monthly reconciliations, maintaining trial balance ensuring accounts accuracy and maintaining supplier & customer accounts.
As a right hand to the Director, you will support month-end processes, assist with financial reporting, and uphold strong internal controls across cash handling, inventory and banking.
REQUIREMENTS
- Matric, tertiary qualification advantageous
- 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
- 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