Qualifications and Experience Required

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or in Finance.
• BCom Accounting Hons with articles will be advantageous.
• Affiliation with SAIPA, SAICA or CIMA or ACCA will be advantageous.
• Minimum 3 years accounting experience.
• Prior experience working under tight schedules and pressures.
• Prior experience in donor – funded projects will be advantageous.
• Prior experience working on Dynamics 365 will be preferred.

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Knowledge and understanding of project accounting will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of public sector requirements and legislative structures/frameworks i.e. PFMA and GRAP.
• Sound knowledge of Accounting Principles
• Knowledge of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation RDI programmes.
• Ability to engage with national and international stakeholders.
• Statistics and Financial management skills.
• Budget preparation, forecasting and financial planning.
• Demonstrable experience in MS Office (MS Word, MS Projects, MS Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook).
• Meticulous, with strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Team collaboration and working individually.
• Adaptability and Resilience
• Communication and Interpersonal relationship skills
• Report writing
• Computer skills

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Strategic Management
• Responsible for the implementation of day-to-day finance operational plans.
• Implement effective and efficient Risk Management system within the finance space.
• Ensure that operational procedures, policies and standards are followed.
• Identify, evaluate and communicate important Finance trends that are likely to impact the organisation.
• Ensure that the Finance division complies with legislation, policies and contractual obligations.
• Operations Management
• Assist with reviewing journal entries for accuracy and validity.
• Constantly develop and enhance reporting tools and templates to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the finance unit.
• Serve as the key point of contact between auditors and the finance team, coordinating and consolidating responses to audit queries related to project finances.
• Review annual budget and process budget revisions based on need analysis.
• Produce project financial information with the purposes of reviewing and controlling revenue and expenditure for management.
• Maintain accurate finance record keeping, ensuring that all recorded transactions and documentation are completed as required.
• Finance Management
• Maintain project accounts in an appropriate manner and track project costs according to activities and source of funds.
• Develop project budgets in accordance with project charters, accounting standards and agreed timelines.
• Implement and monitor commitment and control processes to ensure that funding is available to meet project expenditure and that invoices are paid on a timely basis.
• Collaborate with Project Managers or funders to develop and integrate project performance indicators.
• Prepare and review monthly variance reports, analysing actual expenditure against budget, and process budget reallocations within the accounting system as needed.
• Assist with the compilation of the Annual Financial Statements of SANEDI and its projects. 5.4 Governance, Risk Management and Management Reporting
• Ensure that Monthly/Quarterly/Midyear/Annual performance reports are prepared in accordance with agreed format, and are accurate and submitted on time;
• ensure the reports complies with internal controls, requirements and financial frameworks.
• Co-ordinate project audits and prepare responses to audit queries.
• Stakeholder Management
• Identify, build and nurture trust and collaborative relationships with employees within SANEDI and service providers.
• Interact closely with internal and external stakeholders in maintaining positive relationships within the organization.
• Participate in events, meetings, workshops and conferences by giving input, avail skill, competency and expertise. Participation should result positive input and impact.
• Maintain good relationships and communicates effectively with all internal stakeholders by delivering service that exceeds the stakeholders’ expectations.
• Quality Management
• Ensure alignment of finance work processes to the required quality standards.
• Proactively, identify continuous improvement strategies
• Monitor agreed quality initiatives ensuring that they are aligned to business processes and delivered as agreed.
• People Management
• KPA’s are understood and achieved as agreed upon in the Performance agreement.
• Review performance against agreed performance standards.
• Live the values and culture of SANEDI.
• Identify and implement development opportunities, to ensure continuous improvement of effective and efficient work.
• Departmental Information systems and tools are optimally utilized to execute core tasks.
• Monitor agreed quality initiatives ensuring that they are aligned to business processes and delivered as agreed.