Accountant Position Reference Number : Adahrm

Accountant Position

REFERENCE NUMBER: ADAHRM
01/2025

Job Title:

Accountant

Location:

5 Cascades Crescent, Pietermaritzburg

Grade/Salary: L09 (DPSA Salary Scale)

Fixed term contract: 3 Years (Fixed Term Contract)

Reporting Line:
Finance Manager

Unit:
Office of the Chief Finance Officer

• Must have completed matric.
• A relevant Accounting Degree or National Diploma
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• A valid driver’s licence

• Sound bookkeeping and accounting skills
• Capacity to work alone to deadlines, to establish priorities
• Strong interpretive skills
• Strong IT skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to think conceptually and strategically
• Strong analytical, policy and operational thinking skills
• Effective planning and organisational skills
• Ability to use initiative
• Knowledge of electronic financial management systems
• Thorough knowledge and experience in financial accounting
• Working knowledge of budgeting, expenditure control and financial reporting
• Working knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and fraud prevention
• Knowledge of relevant legal prescripts

Ensure financial functions are performed accurately and timeously.

• Managing project Budgets, conducting project visits and reporting on the findings.
• Processing the payroll on a monthly basis.
• Depositing cash received.
• Conducting project visits and preparing reports.
• Perform financial planning tasks as required.
• To monitor and manage project cash flows.
• Report to the Financial Manager on income and expenditure at organisational level, by projects and by line item.
• Ensure compliance with all laws, regulations and policies.
• Assist in providing input into policy development, operational plans, strategic plans and annual report.
• Ensure effective implementation of Debtors and Creditors control systems.
• Administer petty cash on a daily basis and preparing petty cash reconciliations for reimbursement.
• Recording all receipts and payments in the cashbook.
• Maintaining the grant register on a monthly basis and reconciling unspent conditional grants
• Process transactions on accounting system.
• Perform monthly general ledger reconciliations.
• Attend to finance filing and archiving.
• Maintaining a register of all invoices received and following up on long outstanding invoices.
• Adhoc duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor.

Suitable candidates will be selected with the intention of promoting representativity.

Enquiries:
Mr Jerry Mfusi Closing Date: 20 November 2025

Telephone:

Should you not hear from ADA 8 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful

Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications exclusively via the email address provided:

Please note that all applications must be submitted electronically to this designated email address. Physical or hard copy submissions will not be accepted.