Assistant Accountant (Gauteng) at Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)

  KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Provide Support to Stakeholders

• Assist Internal and External Auditors with queries and provide them with relevant information and support;
• Maintain good working relationships with Auditor General, Internal auditors, National Treasury and Finance Unit at DHET;
• Respond to queries and provide relevant information to the Business Units;
• Member of Bid Specification Committee. 

Financial Administration

• Process monthly journals and not limited to Salary/Sitting Allowances/Leave Provision/Cell phones for inclusion in monthly management accounts;
• Update and maintain debtors and creditors schedules;
• Ensure that there is a follow up on all debtors to be settled and queries relating to debtors are resolved on time;
• Review and post all project and admin batches on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Ensure implementation of Financial Policies and management of TETA assets including verifications and insurance claims;
• Assist with the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements;
• Ensure payments are kept up to date. 

Budget Management           

• Track budgets against the Annual Performance Plan and expenditure on Projects and notify of any variances;
• Alert Accountant of any Budget Shortfalls on admin budget to ensure relevant adjustments are done to realign the budgets;
• Ensure implementation of cash and asset management, cash management, budgeting, budget control (Petty cash and weekly bank recons and cash forecasts).

RFP System and Project Module

• Verifying and capturing of admin payments on purchase order system;
• Verifying the Discretionary Grants Contracts deliverables on the Project System.

General Administration

• Overseeing effective filing system implementation and information management within the  unit;
• Any additional ad hoc finance related requests.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Experience and Qualification

• M+3 qualification in Accounting/Finance;
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Accounting/ Finance;
• Experience in the public service and/or in skills development sector will be an added advantage;
• Be prepared to travel and work overtime.

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Finance management and business systems including Accounting Software and MS Office;
• Business administration;
• Good customer service;
• Documents management and record keeping;
• GRAP and IFRS where applicable;
• Caseware;
• Microsoft Dynamics AX and Excel.