Bookkeeper
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Bookkeeper
Employment Type:Full-time, Independent ContractorWork Model:Remote(South Africa based)Work Hours:Full US Eastern Standard Time (EST) Alignment
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly meticulous, process-drivenBookkeeperbased in South Africa to take full operational ownership of the day-to-day general ledger maintenance across our multiple US-based entities. This position is built for a senior numbers operator who goes beyond mechanical data entry to actively audit transactions, run complex reconciliations, and drive our month-end close workflows to a clean, on-time completion.
Reporting directly to the Finance Operations Lead, you will bridge day-to-day transactional accounting with financial statement preparation. The ideal candidate is deeply autonomous, possesses a rigorous understanding of US bookkeeping workflows (including accrual accounting adjustments), and maintains flawless communication protocols inside a fast-moving, remote environment.
Key Responsibilities
* General Ledger & Chart of Accounts:Maintain clean, audit-ready bookkeeping records across multiple distinct entities inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, ensuring precise transactional categorization.
General Ledger & Chart of Accounts:Maintain clean, audit-ready bookkeeping records across multiple distinct entities inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, ensuring precise transactional categorization.
* Month-End Close Acceleration:Own core components of the month-end close pipeline—including preparing journal entries, calculating monthly accruals, adjustments, and handling inter-company transactions.
Month-End Close Acceleration:Own core components of the month-end close pipeline—including preparing journal entries, calculating monthly accruals, adjustments, and handling inter-company transactions.
* Advanced Reconciliations:Perform comprehensive monthly reconciliations across high-volume business bank accounts, corporate credit cards, and complex merchant gateway processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).
Advanced Reconciliations:Perform comprehensive monthly reconciliations across high-volume business bank accounts, corporate credit cards, and complex merchant gateway processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).
* Payroll & Benefits Allocation:Reconcile US payroll runs (including salary, hourly tracking, and commissions) to the general ledger, ensuring proper cross-departmental cost allocations.
Payroll & Benefits Allocation:Reconcile US payroll runs (including salary, hourly tracking, and commissions) to the general ledger, ensuring proper cross-departmental cost allocations.
* Liaison & Reporting:Package preliminary balance sheets and P&L statements for management review, ensuring complete data synchronization across auxiliary operations platforms.
Liaison & Reporting:Package preliminary balance sheets and P&L statements for management review, ensuring complete data synchronization across auxiliary operations platforms.
Required Skills & Qualifications
* Experience:3 - 5+ years of progressive, full-charge bookkeeping or accounting experience, ideally supporting US or UK-based corporate clients remotely.
Experience:3 - 5+ years of progressive, full-charge bookkeeping or accounting experience, ideally supporting US or UK-based corporate clients remotely.
* Educational Foundation:Degree or formal diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Professional registration with a recognized body (SAIPA or equivalent) is highly preferred.
Educational Foundation:Degree or formal diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Professional registration with a recognized body (SAIPA or equivalent) is highly preferred.
* Software Mastery:Elite proficiency in QuickBooks Online or Xero, alongside advanced Excel capabilities (pivot tables, complex multi-sheet linking, formulas).
Software Mastery:Elite proficiency in QuickBooks Online or Xero, alongside advanced Excel capabilities (pivot tables, complex multi-sheet linking, formulas).
* US Market Fluency:Solid operational understanding of US corporate workflows, merchant clearing cycles, and accrual vs. cash mechanics.
US Market Fluency:Solid operational understanding of US corporate workflows, merchant clearing cycles, and accrual vs. cash mechanics.
* Infrastructure Autonomy:Must have a dedicated, quiet home office setup with a high-speed fiber internet connection and a verifiedinverter/UPS backup systemto ensure continuous connectivity during regional grid outages (loadshedding).
Infrastructure Autonomy:Must have a dedicated, quiet home office setup with a high-speed fiber internet connection and a verifiedinverter/UPS backup systemto ensure continuous connectivity during regional grid outages (loadshedding).
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 748 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →