Senior Financial Officer (N001463) at North West University

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Asset Management

• Record, retire, transfer, edit, and update assets in the asset register as per approved requests
• Manage asset inquiries promptly and professionally

Allocation and capitalisation of fixed assets

• Review and correct any misallocated asset purchases
•  Examine expenses across all campuses to verify and ensure accurate transaction allocations

Quarterly capitalisation of capital projects

• Assist Accountant with quarterly capitalisation journals and KFS updates for expenses

Asset Verification

• Update & rectification of fixed assets register based on scope as provided by Accountant

Assist with management of the fixed assets sub-system within KFS

• Ad-hoc assignments as requested by the director and other senior colleagues
• Personal development
• Compliance with the policies, standards and guidelines of the NWU

Month-End & Year-End processes

• Assist GRT-CAM Accountant during the month-end and year-end procedures relating to CAM

Ad-hoc assignments

• Ad-hoc assignments as requested by the director and other senior colleagues

OHS (Occupational Health and Safety)

• Mandatory compliance
•  Participate in fire evacuation drills and bomb threats – report at central assembly point for rollcall

Minimum requirements

• A B.Com degree (NQF level 7) in Accounting and/or Management Accounting.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ Fixed Asset Management/Financial Management Accounting experience in a financial environment.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience working on a ERP system (e.g. Oracle, KFS).