Banking and Debtors Clerk

About the role

Go2Africa, a tour operator based in Africa and part of the Nawiri Group, is hiring a Banking and Debtors Clerk in Cape Town. The role coordinates, controls and manages all cash and bank aspects of the business, optimises cash flow and return on cash balances, and manages the company's debtors.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and reconcile multicurrency bank balances and bank statements in the accounting platform, and support the Accountant and Financial Manager with cash flow.
• Capture and reconcile debtor receipts, including credit card receipts from the gateway weekly, direct deposits and manual credit card payments, and check bank statements daily.
• Manage creditor payments on SAGE Accpac, ensure sufficient cash in current and CFC accounts, load supplier details correctly, and act as first release on payment batches and new beneficiaries.
• Manage SWIFT cash receipts, allocate unknown deposits to the suspense account, record refunds and manual journals, and create invoices and credit notes on request.
• Run debtor age analysis reports so no accounts exceed 60 days overdue, assist consultants with debtor queries, and manage staff travel recording, recovery and reimbursements.
• Record monthly MIS reports (bank charges, cashflow balances, debtors age analysis, refunds, suspense account) and respond promptly to personal and shared email inboxes.
• Manage petty cash and cards, reconcile cash withdrawals, journalise costs to correct GL accounts, and negotiate bank charges.
• Back up the Team Leader when needed, covering the Debtors and Banking boxes and invoice/credit note batches.

Required profile

• Tertiary accounting qualification.
• 2 to 5 years of banking and debtors experience depending on qualification.
• Experience with foreign currencies and strong general accounting knowledge.
• Analytical, highly numeric, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Coaching and mentoring skills are advantageous.

Required skills

• Sage 300 Accpac (advantageous).
• Strong Excel skills, computer skills, MS Office and Standard Bank Business Online.
• Multi-country, multi-currency treasury management, merchant and credit card payment processes, and debtor management.
• Knowledge of South African Reserve Bank regulations, travel industry, web e-commerce and the travel industry is advantageous.