EMPREGO

Accounts Clerk (Temporary)

Rand Water-Glenvista, África do Sul

Job Advert Summary:
Timely and accurate processing of Rand Water’s financial results by producing error-free accounting input through verifying, allocating, analysing, posting and reconciling general ledger accounts ensuring the integrity of the entity’s trail balance & VAT activities, through business partnering, driving standardisation and review of end to end business processes, control environment and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation such as Water Services Act, Public Finance Management Act, VAT and IFRS.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Commerce Degree or a National Diploma in Financial Accounting.
  • 3 years’ experience in the financial accounting environment, all aspects relating to financial processing, systems, compliance

Primary Duties:

  • Resolving internal customer queries within allocated deadlines and timeframes
  • Accurate processing and capturing of journals received on SAP with relevant source documentation and level authorisation.
  • Processing, verification & analysis of profit / cost centre - general ledger postings
  • Prepare monthly reconciliation of various accounts.
  • Maintaining Master data, chart of accounts and change control activities
  • Ensuring that significant cost/profit centre transactions in the Trail Balance are posted in the business unit(s) cost centre’s accounts accurately and in a timely manner, compliant with the relevant procedures
  • Resolving Trail Balance related queries that could result in a breakdown of significant financial cost incurred according to the stipulated timeframes.
  • Prepare quarterly reports for all statutory requirements including STATS(SA), Reserve Bank and other entities as required
  • Compliance with Budget on Operational and Controllable Expenditure
  • Ensures that the transaction complies with the Accounting Policy Manual (APM) as adopted by the organisation which accurately defines correct accounting principles as per the IFRS.
  • Assist with preparation of the internal statistic report monthly.
  • Assist with preparation of all Audit information in the financial year
  • Adhoc/Other daily/weekly/monthly adhoc and other work to be attended to.
  • All special projects and initiatives must be delivered within anticipated timelines

Knowledge:

  • Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
  • Relevant International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Accounting and Financial environment
  • SAP FI systems and integration with other modules

Skills:

  • Computer Literate (Outlook, Internet, MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Excellent Communication Skills (both written & verbal)
  • Integrity & Honesty
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Detail orientated.
  • Reliable
  • Proactive
  • Deadline driven.
  • Resilient
  • Adaptable
  • Assertive
  • Decisive
  • Problem solving
  • Empathy and diplomacy
  • Builds relationships.
  • Initiative
  • Confidentiality

Attitude:

  • Integrity & Honesty
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Detail orientated.
  • Reliable
  • Proactive
  • Deadline driven.
  • Resilient