(1003) Accounts Clerk: Payments - FSD at South African Reserve Bank

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Engage in the short-term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with the supervisor.
• Perform work independently within established practices, given processes, rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with set standards, policies and other guidelines.
• Identify, evaluate and solve defined, routine and new problems within a familiar context.
• Perform general accounting duties and reconciliations in accordance with the accounting and SARB policies, relevant accounting standards and applicable legislation. 
• Prepare and provide information related to transactions within a defined context to relevant stakeholders.
• Perform general administrative tasks, including preparing payment instructions, data capturing and record-keeping, to ensure the smooth running of operations in FSD.
• Create and maintain consistent metadata in a manner that allows for a clear and unambiguous data element definition and meets legislative, quality and security requirements.
• Test any system changes for the core banking module (where required).
• Engage with the relevant stakeholders/clients within the SARB and external parties, displaying a service orientation in own work and the ability to handle basic queries and explain information fluently. 
• Proactively broaden own knowledge of the functional area, displaying a willingness to make improvements in own work (including methods and practices). 
• Evaluate own performance against given criteria and identify and address task-specific learning needs.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a minimum of a National Diploma in Accounting (NQF 6) or an equivalent qualification; and
• six months to two years’ working experience in a financial environment, specifically in accounting.