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ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER WITH A LAW FIRM Jobs in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER WITH A LAW FIRM
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Recruiter:
Staff Unlimited Recruitment Pty Ltd T/A MPC Recruitment Group EC
Job Ref:
3674196870
Date posted:
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Location:
Pretoria, South Africa
SUMMARY:
POSITION INFO:
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER – LAW FIRM
Duties:
- Receipt of all incoming funds on Trust accounts to the correct Matter Numbers
- Following up (with banks and staff) on unallocated payments
- Posting of sheriff’s returns on GP. Monthly reconciliation and payments of sheriff’s statements.
- Posting and payment of all advocates invoices
- Posting and payment of all correspondent invoices
- Posting and payment of all couriers, tracers, newspapers and cost consultants.
- Reconciliation of petty cash
- Check and Load payments (EFT requisitions) on the various banking platforms for the different banks
- Post transactions on Ghost Practice
- Open new investment accounts and attend to the requests for withdrawals on Trust Investments
- Request payment guarantees against trust investments
- Archiving of files on Ghost Practice
- Assist Bookkeeper and act on behalf of the Bookkeeper, when she is absent
The programs we use are:
- NB Ghost Practice
- Different banking platforms – Nedbank, Standard Bank and FNB
- Nedbank Corporate Saver
- Investec Corporate Cash Manager
- Standard Bank investments?… (not sure what it is called)
- FNB 3Pim
- Excel