Supportive Bookkeeping Consultant Job Opportunity in Johannesburg at Dye & Durham

To provide the full function bookkeeping to balance sheet for clients who have outsourced bookkeeping functions to GhostPractice. Assist clients with processing of their financial transactions in their practice management system from source documentation, as well as senior team members with related activities on clients serviced/managed by them. SARS and Law Society statutory compliance assistance provision to internal senior bookkeepers and/or clients as required. Provision of bookkeeping support to other internal teams and clients as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle the full function of bookkeeping to balance sheet.
• Payroll – with signoff from senior bookkeepers
• Submission of all statutory returns monthly and annually – after signoff from senior bookkeepers
• Assist clients with third party and regulatory interactions.
• Provide training to clients on GhostPractice features.
• Troubleshoot GhostPractice bookkeeping usage.
• Internal and external communication daily and report back on weekly objectives met.
• Capture financial transactions from source documentation.
• Reconcile Trust and Business Accounts
• Reconcile Creditor Accounts
• Reconcile Debtor Accounts
• Reconcile Trust Investments
• Allocations of invoices to receipts, payments and other financial transactions for debtors and creditors
• Prepare financial transactions import sheets
• Filing of source documents electronically and/or physically
• Petty Cash processing
• Invoice generation 
• Generation of standard system reports for clients
• Assist bookkeepers with urgent requests
• Ability to travel to clients.
• Attend to ad hoc bookkeeping assignments i.e. financial catch ups, financial clean ups, partnership splits, trust reconciliations etc.
• Hand holding and assisting at clients site during Implementation of GP 

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Valid driver’s license and own reliable transport
• Good understanding of processing financial transactions from source documents
• Good understanding of reconciliations (debtors, creditors and bank account)
• Experience in a Legal environment would be an advantage (but not essential)
• Good time management skills
• Service orientated person with strong sense of attention to detail
• Must be able to work in a team, confident with building strong working relationships with fellow team members
• Good telephone manner
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to use Microsoft Office- primarily Outlook and Excel
• Ability to identify issues
• Ability to understand the root causes of issues
• Ability to learn software systems and use them effectively
• Fluent in English and Afrikaans- spoken and written

Minimum

• Matric (with accounting) or Diploma

Advantageous

• MS Office Certification
• Degree in Finance / Accounting 

Job Benefits

At Dye & Durham we strive to be visionaries! As a leader in our field, we ensure our employees are ready for the next challenge in their journey with us by offering internal and external training opportunities. We offer competitive salaries and a whole host of benefits including healthcare, pension, company discounts, wellness programs, and paid days off to move house or volunteer for your favourite charity. 

Do you share our DNA?

• We ask how tomorrow can be better than today 
• We are passionate about solving our customer’s challenges 
• Our ideas break boundaries 
• We value different perspectives and encourage dialogue 
• We take ownership and celebrate together 

About Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham is a global leader in legal technology. The company’s three categories of integrated solutions – practice management, data insights and due diligence, and client onboarding – give solicitors the essential tools they need to run their firms, from client acquisition to case management and legal accounting, and everything in between.  

Trusted by thousands of legal practitioners globally, Dye & Durham helps law firms achieve more growth with less effort.