Required Minimum Qualifications and Experience 

• Matric (Grade 12)
• BCom Degree (Commerce, Finance, Accounting or related field) or its International equivalent
• 5-7 years’ experience working as an Accountant
• Accounting Software Packages

        Desired Minimum Experience

• 5-7 years’ experience working on USAID grants or experience in a donor funded environment

     Key Performance Areas

      Financial Operations:

• Adhere to pre-set deadlines for the department and assist with coordinating finance related activities within the department.
• Review cashbooks, accounts payable batches captured by finance officer and ensure correct allocations are done.
• Review general ledger reports monthly to ensure that the account allocations are correct.
• Review monthly control account reconciliations and ensure that reconciling items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Review supplier reconciliations and approve supplier payments monthly.  Ensure all suppliers are paid timeously.
• Prepare payroll journal and reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Prepare and maintain fixed asset register in terms of completeness, validity, depreciation rates and residual values Assist with preparing management accounts.
• Review of trial balances follow up of errors and reconciling items.
• Prepare statutory SARS submissions for VAT.
• Assist with preparing monthly financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Assist with preparing quotes and budgets for prospective clients.
• Review debtors invoices and follow up on debtors collections.
• Assist with grant reporting and compliance.
• Ensure intercompany transactions are recorded and reconciled.
• Assist with annual audit, audit samples and resolving queries with auditors.
• Assist and oversee day to day tasks of finance staff.

Operations:

• Assist with efficiently coordinating BEE process across Finance, HR, and Company Secretarial functions.
• Assist with Fleet and Vehicle Management
• Oversight of local travel co-ordination done by procurement officer.
• Assist the operations teams with financial queries.

Closing Date: 29 Feb 2024