Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province.
Read more about this company
Ensuring staff provide an acceptable level of service in providing financial administration support to the Rhodes community who have been awarded research grants and project funding.
Monitoring performance of the staff in following the standard operating procedures and/or unique processes deemed necessary to ensure careful governance of grant and contract funding.
Facilitating, managing and coordinating the various financial training programmes offered by Research Finance as a service offered to administrators in academic departments and at Institutes.
Overseeing the staff in their financial reporting duties, so that they produce accurate financial reports in accordance with funders’ specified financial reporting formats, timeframes and auditors requirements.
Where applicable, timeous production and or authorisation of accurate financial reports, prepared on the basis of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IAS), in accordance with funders’ specified requirements.
The Research Finance section share responsibility for financially administering various sources of contract and grant funding received by the university. In addition, responsible for financial administration of all sources of funding received by Institutes and self-funding units, income from short courses, conferences and workshops, consulting income, sundry external income and reserves. These funds represent approximately 25% of the annual income received by the university.
In this document, the (senior) financial administrators report into the assistant managers, who in turn report into the managers of the offices in the section, either: -
The Institutes and Projects office OR the NRF and SARChI Chair support office. These two offices are currently the focus areas of the “Research Finance” section of the Finance Division.
The Requirements
An appropriate B Com (Accounting) or similar degree at NQF Level 7 (with Financial Management) PLUS minimum 4 years relevant experience
Previous experience in a pressurised computerised accounting administrative environment where there were multiple demands and tight deadlines.
Demonstration of advanced Excel skills for financial reporting and analysis.
Previous experience in the preparation and checking of financial statements for audit, prior to their submission to external funders.
Previous experience working with VAT and applying the principles of the Income Tax Act.
At least 4 year’s supervision experience which includes the motivation of staff and the ability to deal with conflict.
Previous experience in research grant financial administration would be an advantage.
Gmail
Yahoomail