Reporting to: Assistant Accountant (General)

Location: Montague Gardens, Cape Town

An exciting opportunity has become available for a committed Senior Bookkeeper. The role of a Senior Bookkeeper within an organization is therefore to maintain the financial records of an organization by recording transactions daily.

Key Job Functions:

• Daily Bank Deposit Allocations to customer accounts.
• Daily Shop Cash-up reconciliation and processing.
• Daily Factory Shop age analysis – investigating and resolving outstanding balances.
• Daily reconciling of Factory Shop cashbook.
• Daily reconciling of Factory Shop balance sheet accounts (i.e. unders and overs variances general ledger accounts).
• Daily Online Shop reconciliation and processing.
• Daily Petty Cash Management reconciling and processing.
• Reconciling Petty Cash cashbook and Datarapt.
• Credit Card processing and reconciliation including relevant cashbooks.
• Assist debtor clerks with complex account reconciliations.
• Monthly general journal calculations and entries to the general ledger.
• Sundry and Intercompany recharge invoicing and allocation journals.
• Clearing Account monitoring and reconciliations.
• Monthly Debtors Intercompany schedules and confirmations.
• Processing corrections/reconciling items in various sub-modules.
• Filing source documents for all journal entries recorded.
• Performing bank reconciliations.
• Assist the Assistant Accountants with preparing financial reports and any adhoc duties required.

Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Knowledge and experience in working in Syspro (would be advantageous).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a similar role.
• FMCG/ manufacturing experience would be advantageous.
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel (advanced knowledge would be advantageous).
• Relevant Degree or Diploma required.

Person Profile, Skills and Attitude:

• High personal standards and a hard worker.
• Ability to work effectively with a team.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong Communication Skills.
• Strong Problem-Solving Ability.
• Displays Pro-active Qualities.
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritize work and handle a pressurized working environment.

Key Competencies:

• Quality Delivery
• Applying Knowledge & Expertise
• Planning and Organising
• Adapting to Change
• Interpersonal Relations
• Taking Initiative

Application:

Please note that you may on occasion be required to perform tasks that are not part of your normal daily duties but may be necessary due to the operational requirements of the Company. Please e-mail Recruitment@rialtofoods.co.za your CV summarizing your qualifications and past experience; with a motivation highlighting why you should be considered for the position. Submission Deadline: Close of Business on 31 July 2025.

Note: Note: Preference will be given to EE candidates in line with the Company’s employment equity plan and BBBEE strategy. In order to consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at  https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/. Printed copies of this Processing Notice can also be accessed from the HR department. We kindly request that you read the HR Processing Notice to ensure that you understand how Libstar uses and processes your personal information.