Accounts Assistant

🔥 16 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✨ Assistant

👻 Ghost score 25%

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Remote Choice

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2022

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Remote Choice is a UK-founded recruitment and staffing firm that helps UK businesses hire skilled, remote professionals from South Africa. The company sources, screens, shortlists and manages hiring logistics — including interviews, assessments, payroll and local IT infrastructure — to deliver cost-effective remote staffing solutions without up-front fees. Remote Choice emphasizes a large South African talent pool, dual-location support (UK and South Africa), and savings of up to 50% compared with traditional UK recruitment.

📋 Description

• Complete regular Accounts Receivable reconciliations • Reconcile customer accounts, invoices, credit notes and payments • Investigate unmatched and incorrectly allocated customer payments • Maintain the aged receivables ledger and support credit-control activity • Reconcile Accounts Payable and supplier statements • Process supplier invoices and credit notes • Prepare supplier payment runs • Complete bank and payment-provider reconciliations • Reconcile online payment platforms against the accounting system • Assist with payroll processing and payroll reconciliations • Process journals and support the wider finance team during month-end • Investigate and resolve ledger discrepancies • Maintain accurate and well-controlled AR and AP ledgers • Assist with general finance administration and reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience as an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper, or in a similar finance role • Strong Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable experience • Good experience completing financial reconciliations • Working knowledge of accounting software • Strong Excel skills • Excellent attention to detail • Confidence investigating discrepancies rather than simply processing transactions • Good organisational skills and ability to manage recurring weekly and monthly processes accurately • Proactive approach to problem-solving • Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA status – essential

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time permanent employment • Remote work from South Africa • Scope to develop experience and responsibilities as the business expands