Bookkeeper

Posted 17 Days Ago
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Somerset West, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, ZAF
In-Office
Entry level
Agency • HR Tech • Professional Services
The Role
Oversee financial governance for event equipment sales and rental projects from quotation through completion. Responsibilities include project costing, budgeting, invoicing, cost tracking, gross profit variance analysis, cash flow forecasting, WIP tracking, reconciliations, reporting, and financial documentation. The role provides commercial insight, identifies risks, administers approval controls, and improves project accounting processes in a fast-paced luxury events and manufacturing environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

Overseeing financial governance of events equipment sales and rental projects, you will be responsible for projected Gross Profit and financial control. Operating from quotation through to project completion, the position ensures precise project costing, budgeting, invoicing, reporting, and documentation.

Operating within a luxury events and manufacturing environment, the role involves navigating tight deadlines and changing client requirements during peak event seasons while upholding standards of financial accuracy and commercial control.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain project financial records, budgets, cost tracking, and update standard cost databases to enhance estimating accuracy.

  • Monitor project costs against budgets, conduct GP variance analysis between actual and quoted figures, and investigate discrepancies.

  • Process purchase orders, supplier invoices, subcontractor costs, customer invoices, progress claims, and final accounts.

  • Support cash flow forecasting, month-end management reporting, Work in Progress (WIP) tracking, and project reconciliations.

  • Provide management with commercial insight, risk identification, and post-project lessons learnt reviews to safeguard margins.

  • Administer the authority approval matrix and drive continuous improvement across project accounting processes.

Essential Requirements

  • Candidate must be located in the Somerset West region.

  • Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a similar field.

  • Proven experience in project accounting or project administration.

  • Strong understanding of budgeting, job costing, commercial profit margins, and financial reporting.

  • Strong numerical, analytical, organisational, and administrative skills with high attention to detail.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Desirable Requirements

  • Experience within marquee tents, temporary structures, events, or hospitality environments.

  • Experience in luxury weddings, high-end event environments, aluminium/PVC marquee tent systems, or site operations.

  • Valid driver’s licence.

  • Sage 300 Payroll 

Required Software Skills

  • Xero

  • ERS Bio (Implementation)

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Quotation, ERP, and project management systems

Work Arrangement On-site (Somerset West region).


Skills Required

  • Located in the Somerset West region
  • Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a similar field
  • Proven experience in project accounting or project administration
  • Understanding of budgeting, job costing, commercial profit margins, and financial reporting
  • Strong numerical, analytical, organisational, and administrative skills
  • High attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  • Experience within marquee tents, temporary structures, events, or hospitality environments
  • Experience in luxury weddings, high-end event environments, aluminium or PVC marquee tent systems, or site operations
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Experience with Sage 300 Payroll
  • Experience with Xero
  • Experience with ERS Bio
  • Experience with quotation, ERP, and project management systems
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RecruitMyMom is a South African recruitment agency specializing in placing skilled women, particularly professional mothers, in permanent, contract, freelance, and fractional roles. They connect local and global businesses with top-tier talent and focus on the economic empowerment of women.

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