Accounting Clerk: Governance, Ref No. DSD 20/2024 at Western Cape Government

Job Purpose    
The Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government has an employment opportunity for a suitably qualified and competent individual to render financial support services within the department. 

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12 (Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification)

Key Performance Areas    

• Render Financial Accounting transactions: Receive invoices
• Check invoices for correctness verification and approval (internal control)
• Process invoices (e.g. capture payments)
• Filing of all documents
• Collection of cash
• Perform Salary Administration support services: Receive salary advices
• Process advices (e.g. check advices for correctness capture salaries bonuses salary adjustments capture all deductions etc.)
• File all documents
• Perform Bookkeeping support services: Capture all financial transactions
• Clear suspense accounts
• Record debtors and creditors
• Process electronic banking transactions
• Compile journals
• Render a budget support service: Collect information from budget holders
• Compare expenditure against budget Identify variances
• Capture allocate virements on budgets
• Distribute documents with regard to the budget
• File all documents
• Receive and capture cash payments.

Competencies    

• A good understanding of the following: Financial functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operate computer and collate financial statistics;
• Public Service financial legislations, procedures and Treasury regulations (PFMA, DORA, PSA, PSR, PPPFA, Financial Manual;
• Written and verbal communication skills.