Xero Bookkeeper

This is a remote position. Playing a central role within a growing professional services environment, this part-time position supports the Financial Manager with daily transactional processing. Operating on a fully remote basis, the successful candidate will enjoy day-to-day autonomy over task sequencing. Regular structured check-ins will be held to manage priorities, review exceptions, and address any accounts requiring formal escalation. Independent Contract, 8 hours per week, R250 per hour. ### Key Responsibilities - **Multi-Currency Invoice Administration:** Raise and issue client invoices using Xero, across multiple foreign currencies. - **Debtor and Creditor Maintenance:** Maintain accurate, up-to-date ledger records, actively tracking outstanding balances and following up systematically on overdue payments. - **Supplier and Expense Processing:** Process supplier invoices for payment and manage incoming expense claims from employees and sub-contractors, verifying entries against supporting receipts and internal policies prior to payment disbursement. - **Bank Reconciliation Management:** Execute daily bank transaction reconciliations, ensuring foreign currency accounts, receipts, and payments match correct accounts using accurate exchange rates. - **Risk and Exception Flagging:** Identify and flag overdue debtors and creditors to financial leadership on a regular, pre-defined schedule to mitigate cash flow risks. - **Audit Readiness Enforcement:** Maintain clean, appropriately categorised ledger records to ensure the accounting system remains audit-ready at all times. - **Month-End Close Support:** Facilitate successful month-end ledger closures by ensuring all transactions for the period are fully captured, allocated, and reconciled. - **Query Resolution Correspondence:** Respond to routine supplier and client billing inquiries, including resolving internal expense claim queries raised by employees and sub-contractors. ### Requirements ### Essential Requirements - Demonstrable, hands-on experience utilising multi-currency functionalities, covering invoicing, ledger management, bank reconciliations, and expense processing. - Proven, working knowledge of foreign exchange handling using Xero. - High attention to detail with the ability to work independently, manage time without daily supervision, and adhere to structural routines. - Clear, professional written communication skills for liaising with external clients, suppliers, employees, and sub-contractors on billing matters. - Access to a highly reliable internet connection and a secure, distraction-free remote working environment. ### Desirable Requirements - Xero certification. - Previous experience supporting a UK -based consultancy or professional services business. ### Required Software Skills - Xero - Microsoft Excel ### Benefits Fully remote Part-time hours