Finance Clerk (Supervisor) REF NO: 3/1/1/1/2026/234 at Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

REQUIREMENTS :

• Certificate or relevant equivalent qualification. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in financial environment.
• Job related knowledge: Basic knowledge of financial functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operated computer and collate financial statistics. Basic knowledge and insight of the Public Services Financial legislations procedures and Treasury regulations (PFMA, DORA, PSA, PSR, PPPFA, Financial Manual). Knowledge of basic financial operating systems (PERSAL, BAS, LOGIS etc).
• Job related skills: Planning and organisation. Computer operating. Language. Good communication (verbal and written). Basic numeracy skills. Flexibility, Interpersonal relations, Teamwork, ability to perform routine tasks, Ability to operate office equipment, Accuracy, Aptitude for figures, Willingness to work additional hours as and when required. 

DUTIES :

• Supervise and render financial accounting transactions. Receive and allocate invoices. Verify invoices for correctness, verification and approval (Internal control). Verify processing of invoices (e.g. capturing of payments). Supervise filing of all documents. Supervise collection of cash. Supervise and perform salary administration support services. Receive and allocate salary advices.
• Process and ensure the processing of salary advices (e.g. check advices for correctness, capture salaries, bonuses, salary adjustments, capture all deductions etc). Supervise the filling of all documents.
• Supervise and perform bookkeeping support services. Verify all financial transactions captured. Clear suspense accounts. Record debtors and creditors. Verify and process the processing of electronic banking transactions.
• Compile journal and verify the compilation of journals. Render a budget support service. Verify information collected from budget holders. Compare and verify the comparison of expenditure against budget. Identify variances and verify the identification of variance.
• Verify the capturing, allocations virements on budget. Supervise the distribution of documents with regard to the budget. Supervise the filling of all documents.
• Supervise the receipt and capturing of cash payments. Supervise human resources/staff. Allocate and ensure quality of work. Personnel development. Assess staff performance. Apply discipline.