Accountant: Information Technology at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte        

• Providing financial advice and support to IT management and divisional staff.
• Handling enquiries from and liaising with vendors, IT staff, IT senior management and other support environments, with a strong focus on finance and procurement
• Providing support to functional areas within IT by streamlining financial processes and finding financial solutions for problems arising due to changes within the SU environment.
• Managing and delegating procurement requests and other enquiries logged via the IT Finance logging system, for the rest of the IT Finance team.
• Monitoring the daily procurement and other activities for compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Compiling financial management reports on a continues basis and for specific decision-making purposes.
• Analysing information of cost centres and accounts, process correction journals, and checking monthly recons required of specific listed expenses used in management decision making.
• Managing month end processes, including financial commitments (payments) as per contracts and tenders, specific IT creditor recons, campus wide services where the financial management responsibility lies within IT, and ensuring that all contract and tender documentation are updated and electronically filed.
• Reviewing and capturing journal requests.
• Cash flow and fund management to cover payments for the specific month/quarter, and ensuring that cost centre budgets are not overspent.
• Managing the IT annual asset certifications, monthly asset management processes (new procurements, write-offs, in-transit), and financial year-end processes.
• Assisting with compiling financial related reports for the SU Finance Committee.
• Compiling financial information required as part of the annual budget process for the various environments within IT, and being responsible for the completion of various year-end financial processes.
• Assisting with the administration process regarding changes in IT's financial structure, new systems, processes and maintenance of the names of managers responsible for cost centres on the financial system.
• Documenting processes used within the IT Finance team to ensure business continuity and to provide guidance to the rest of the IT staff on processes when services are requested.
• Presenting formal and informal internal workshops and programmes to communicate financial policies and systems when required.
• Supporting other IT Finance team members and providing team training or transfer of knowledge in areas where improvement is required.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes        

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent qualification (with accounting as major).
• At least five years' proven relevant experience with specific inclusion of financial management and financial accounting.
• An independent, responsible, problem-solving, and collaborative working approach.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a team.
• Proven ability to multitask across various responsibilities, environments and management or staff levels daily.
• The ability to multitask, have sound planning, organisational and prioritising skills to manage time and tasks effectively within deadlines without compromising attention to detail, quality and accuracy.
• Proven ability to manage and coordinate tasks within a team and to provide guidance to team members on specific tasks.
• Excellent computer proficiency, with advanced experience in Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to respect and maintain confidentiality.
• Customer / service-oriented approach.
• The ability to evaluate, improve and implement internal controls.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills and exceptional judgement.
• The ability to perform effectively under pressure.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling        

• Experience at a higher education or similar institution.
• Knowledge of Stellenbosch University's financial system (TeraTerm and OCF) and other applicable systems (MS Teams, Jira call logging).
• Exposure to or experience within an IT division.

Closing Date 06-Oct-2025