Finance Assistant and Bookkeeper

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Effer Ventures Full time

**Job Title**

Bookkeeper & FinOps Assistant

**Location**

Foreshore, Cape Town

**Work Setup**

In office

**Employment Type**

Full-time

**Reporting to**

Finance & Operations Manager

**About Us**

Effer Ventures is an operationally-heavy investment business. The group is currently focused on rolling up staffing and recruitment businesses in the UK. The model is to drive digitalisation and operational efficiency across the business, leading to an economies-of-scale-driven growth for each of the operating companies. We currently have 3 operating companies that we have acquired into the group, and are looking to grow and scale both organically within these operating companies and through further acquisitions.

We are a global business, with offices in London, Cape Town and India. We have tripled in size over the last 12 months and, to cement our increasing reputation and position in the market, we are looking to add talent to our team to assist with our aggressive growth objectives for 2024.
- **The Role**_

This role is working within the financial operations team of the investment business, and is ideal for someone looking for tangible operational and financial experience.
- **The responsibilities of this position include**:_
- Day-to-day recording of transactions into the accounting system
- Daily updating of cash books for bank accounts across all companies
- Monthly bank reconciliations of bank accounts across all companies
- Allocation of payments to accounts payable
- Weekly and monthly accounts payable reporting to the Financial Manager
- Preparation of weekly accounts payable schedule
- Allocation of receipts against remittance advice to accounts receivable
- Weekly and monthly accounts receivable reporting to the Financial Manager
- Assisting the FinOps Team in accounts receivable chasing and managing
- Importing weekly/monthly client billing into the accounting system
- Posting of weekly temp payroll journals into the accounting system
- Posting of monthly permanent staff payroll journals into the accounting system
- Posting of month end journals into the accounting system
- Upkeep of all balance sheet account reconciliations
- Assisting the FinOps Team with weekly temp payroll preparation and processing
- Liasing with external accountants on the preparation and submissions of quarterly VAT returns for all companies
- Assisting the Financial Manager in the preparation of monthly management accounts for all companies
- Adhoc bookkeeper related tasks as required by Financial Manager
- **Key qualities for this role**:_
- Great attention to detail
- Has an analytical mind and a love for numbers
- High level of Excel and Google Sheets proficiency
- Good time management skills
- Good written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to work autonomously on day-to-day tasks
- Eager to learn and develop accounting skills
- **Skills and experience required**:_

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

Proven experience as a Bookkeeper or in a similar role.

Strong numerical skills and know your way around Microsoft Excel/Google sheets

Process-oriented and a desire to contribute to driving process efficiency

Strong communication skills and confidence to use them both in a written and verbal context

Ability to learn and work in a fast-paced and challenging environment
- **The Package**_

Basic Salary: R14-16.5k per month

Bonus; Quarterly bonus scheme

Paid for formal qualifications

Subsidised transport to & from the office

Subsidised medical aid after 1 year of employment

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R14 000,00 - R16 500,00 per month


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