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Assistant Accountant

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Accounting Finance
Reference: LSW14/288/1024

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Employer: Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University

Finance Division

Assistant Accountant (Job Level 9)

(Stellenbosch Campus)

Ref. FIN/290/1024

Kindly note that only South African citizens from the designated groups will be considered for the position.

Duties:

• Liaising regarding and dealing with financial matters relating to faculties, institutes and support environments.

• Providing financial advisory services to the above-mentioned environments.

• Monitoring the compliance with financial policies and procedures.

• Compiling financial statements and management reports on a continuous basis.

• Monitoring overspent cost centres and addressing it with the relevant parties.

• Administering and approving advance payments.

• Reviewing and capturing journal requests.

• Following up and allocating transactions on control accounts.

• Reviewing and approving staff reimbursements.

• Responding to and solving financial policy and procedure queries (walk-in, telephonic and electronic);

• Presenting formal and informal internal workshops and programmes to communicate financial policies and systems.

Required Skills

Excellent Interpersonal Skills.
Proven Experience In Applying Financial Policies And Procedures.
Proven Ability To Function Effectively As Part Of A Team.

Candidate Requirements

Requirements:

• A degree in commerce with financial accounting as major, OR a financial diploma (NQF 6) with financial accounting as major and five years' relevant experience.

• Proven experience in applying financial policies and procedures.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Proven ability to function effectively as part of a team.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent computer skills (MS Excel, Word and Outlook).

• Sound organisational and planning skills.

• The ability to perform effectively under pressure.

• Excellent problem solving skills.

Recommendations:

• Proven experience and knowledge of the financial systems of Stellenbosch University or a similar institution.

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About Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s highest proportions of postgraduate students of which almost ten percent are international students.

The University lies in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in the heart of the Western Cape Winelands. The University has ten faculties, of which eight – AgriSciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Theology and the larger part of Economic and Management Sciences - are located on the main campus in Stellenbosch with the Faculty of Health Sciences situated on the Tygerberg campus and the Faculty of Military Science in Saldanha. The University's Business School is situated at the Bellville Park campus.