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LEGAL BOOKKEEPER

Cape Town
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Legal
Reference: CPT008234/AD

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Employer: Dante Group (Pty) Ltd

LEGAL BOOKKEEPERCAPE TOWN, CBDR30 000 CTC NEGOITABLE / DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE

Minimum requirements:

Matric with Mathematics or Accounting
A recognised bookkeeping qualification - ICB National Diploma: Financial Accounting, SAIPA Technician, or equivalent
Registration (or eligibility for registration) with a recognised professional body - ICBA, SAIPA, or similar
Minimum 3 - 5 years' bookkeeping experience, with at least 2 years in a law firm or professional services environment
B. Com (Accounting / Financial Management)
Studying towards SAIPA / AGA(SA) / SAIBA Business Accountant designation

Hands-on experience with s86 trust accounting, including daily trust posting, trust-to-business transfers, and monthly trust reconciliations
Experience supporting an annual statutory trust audit
Multi-entity bookkeeping experience (group, related entities, or consolidation environments
Practical VAT experience including the agency principle and disbursement treatment
Experience with a legal practice management system (AJS, LegalSuite, Lexpro, or similar)
Exposure to trust investment accounts (s86(3)/(4)) and interest allocations to the Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund
Prior experience working under a designated trust account practitioner
Accounting systems: Xero and/or Sage (Pastel / Sage Business Cloud) - proficient user, not just data capture
Payroll systems: Sage familiarity (for journal interpretation, not processing)
Microsoft Excel: Strong working level - pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation templates, structured referencing
SARS eFiling: VAT201 preparation and submission workflow
Capture, import and post bank transactions across the firm and related entities
Bank reconciliations across allocated accounts, with appropriate segregation of duties
Post allocated general journals, including monthly payroll and annual leave liability journals
Monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
Maintain the fixed asset register - additions, disposals, depreciation, and reconciliation to the GL
Review of Balance Sheet and Income Statement for allocated entities
Daily posting of receipts, payments and transfers across the firm's s86(2) trust banking account and s86(3)/(4) investment accounts
Correct allocation of every trust transaction to the relevant matter and client ledger
Posting of trust-to-business transfers against properly billed fees and recovered disbursements
Monthly trust bank and trust creditors reconciliation, confirming trust cash equals or exceeds trust liabilities and escalating any shortfall immediately
Maintain supporting documentation and audit trail to the standard required by the LPC Rules and the annual statutory trust audit
Support the preparation of the annual trust audit
Process downstream accounting entries from the firm's practice management system into the GL
Reconcile control accounts (debtors, disbursements, trust) between the PMS and the accounting system, and clear variances
Respond to fee earner and operational queries on matter postings, debtor accounts and trust ledger balances
VAT review and population of the eFiling template, with correct treatment of disbursements (agency vs principal) and trust-related flows
Support the preparation of internal finance reports
Run with allocated tasks in the preparation of and during the annual firm and related-entity audits
Support secretarial duties across the firm and related entities - new bank accounts (including trust and investment accounts), replacement cards, bank verifications, ETC
Handle queries from team members and operational staff
Provide backup to other team members during absence or capacity constraints

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About Dante Group (Pty) Ltd

Danté Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd, established in 1996, is a national leading recruitment-consulting firm. We offer specialized services to effectively manage the entire recruitment process, for companies based in South Africa and abroad. We service different Business diversities like Mining, Engineering, Technical, Information Technology and Finance.

Our exclusive database of candidates, for all various business verticals, is valuable tool to start the recruitment process. We take up the challenge in finding the right candidate through our extensive network of resources and understanding of the hiring trends.
Our expertise lies in identifying and selecting candidates at all positions, especially middle and senior management. We take pride in our ability to provide all your human resource requirements.