Financial Systems Specialist at Durban University of Technology

Minimum Requirements:

• NQF level 7 in Finance or Commerce with Certificate in project management, database design, database implementation or ERP-specific administration OR A bachelor’s degree in information systems or IT-related degree with postgraduate certificates in financial management and project management
• 5 to 8 years in a financial environment with supervisory experience. This should include a minimum of 1 years’ experience in the ERP Financial Module (FI)
• A proven background in accounting/financial processes.
• Advanced grasp of relational databases and operating systems.
• Outstanding Excel (VBA) skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to the development and realisation of the Financial Systems strategy, ensuring the implementation of financial ERP solutions – to achieve a consolidated finance system, unified financial management and information
• Develop, manage and drive implementation projects with a methodological approach, in close cooperation with project leaders, in order to ensure the development and implementation of Financial System Initiatives
• Translate user requirements into a detailed requirement specification (design) document, adapt and/or add additional modules to (standardised) ERP solutions and companion products, and develop and provide implementation plans based on design documents including objectives, work, timing, and training.
• Build test plans based on specifications in the design document, prepare test environment(s), and complete various test activities such as system testing, quality control and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Drive realisation of the planned implementations by installing, configuring, and optimizing applications and solutions, ensuring compliance and identifying and implementing adoptions of new financial applications
• Manage transactions in the ERP systems (i.e., confirmation on transactions and closing off month end to prevent further user access).
• Ensure that appropriate service levels and quality standards are maintained.
• Provide ERP system support and training to businesses.
• Ensure compliance to ICT Governance, Project Management and Change Control standards and procedures.
• Analyse and apply required configuration changes or development to fulfil change requests.
• Review business cases, functional specifications, blueprints, and all other associated documentation.
• Perform various analytical functions and CRM modules in an ERP system application, including analyzing and correcting entries and propose the introduction of new reports and changes and new programs.
• Establish and maintain regular meetings with different User Group representatives (management) to proactively encourage process and system improvements.
• Provide support to all financial users (internal and external) relating to issues or queries on the ERP system.
• Report technical problems to ICTS and liaise with ICTS to correct technical issues.
• Assist on retrieving historical data from the legacy systems.
• Resolve business process related tickets logged with Help Desk at ICTS.
• Identify, assess, and call out risk as required, in order to mitigate risk and contribute to appropriate actions.
• Ensure that all statutory requirements are completed with accurate financial information for submission.
• Ensure that all clients’ correspondence is sent timeously!
• Manage the monthly reconciliation to the general ledger.
• Process all required financial information.