About this role
Role
Overview
WOLO Travel is looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support the day-to-day transactional finance function.
The role focuses on accurate processing, reconciliations and finance administration, helping ensure that supplier, customer and bank records remain clean, current and ready for month-end reporting.
This is an early-career accounting role suited to a university graduate who has already gained practical finance experience, enjoys working with numbers and wants to build broader accounting capability in a fast-moving business.
Key Responsibilities
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Accounts
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Payable & Receivable
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Capture supplier invoices and maintain
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accurate supplier account records.
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Reconcile supplier statements and prepare
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supporting information for payment runs.
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Allocate customer payments, assist with
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customer account administration and follow up payment discrepancies.
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Escalate unresolved supplier or customer
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issues to the Financial Accountant.
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Bank
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& Payment Reconciliations
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Perform bank, credit card and payment gateway
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reconciliations.
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Match receipts and payments to the correct
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transactions and accounts.
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Investigate straightforward differences and
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keep unreconciled items to a minimum.
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Travel
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& Booking Finance
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Assist with matching customer payments,
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supplier invoices and payments to travel bookings.
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Support reconciliation of deposits,
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prepayments, refunds, cancellations and credits.
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Help identify discrepancies between booking
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systems, accounting records and payment platforms.
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Finance
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Administration & Month-End Support
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Process employee expense claims and ensure
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supporting documents and approvals are complete.
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Maintain organised electronic finance records
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and follow up missing invoices, receipts or information.
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Prepare selected month-end schedules and
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reconciliations for review by the Financial Accountant.
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Assist with audit, VAT, payroll and year-end
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supporting documentation when required.
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Systems
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& Process Support
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Use Xero and other finance or operational
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systems accurately and consistently.
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Follow agreed finance procedures and
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controls.
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Raise recurring transactional issues or
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process improvements with the Financial Accountant.
Requirements
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Experience & Qualifications
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Completed university degree in Accounting,
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Finance, Management Accounting or a related field.
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At least 1 year of full-time post-university
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experience in an accounting or finance role.
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Practical exposure to accounts payable,
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accounts receivable and reconciliations.
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Experience using accounting software such as
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Xero, Sage or similar.
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Good Microsoft Excel skills.
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Exposure to month-end accounting is
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advantageous.
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Studying towards CIMA, SAIPA, SAICA or
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another recognised professional accounting qualification is advantageous.
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Experience in a high-volume transactional
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business is advantageous.
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Key Attributes
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Accurate and detail-oriented.
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Reliable, organised and comfortable with
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recurring deadlines.
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Curious and willing to investigate
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discrepancies.
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Confident with systems and willing to learn.
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Able to ask questions and escalate issues
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appropriately.
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Proactive, trustworthy and solutions-focused.
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What Success Looks Like
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Success in this role would mean:
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Supplier invoices and customer payments are
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processed accurately and promptly.
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Bank, card and supplier reconciliations
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remain current.
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Supporting documents are complete and
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organised.
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Transactional work is ready for month-end
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without significant backlog.
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Finance queries and discrepancies are
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followed up and escalated appropriately.
Benefits
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& other information
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WOLO Travel offers a structured hybrid work from home, work from office environment
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Home base is in the Cape Town CBD and applicant must provide own transport
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Every employee receives a Guaranteed 10 WOLO Weekends (Long Weekends) a year
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WOLO Travel is a lifestyle brand with a commitment to "Working to live, not living to work!"