Senior State Accountant: Financial Accounting at Department of Higher Education and Training

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate Bachelors’ degree / National Diploma in Financial Accounting/ Financial Management/Internal Auditing/ Cost and Management Accounting (NQF Level 6). A minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience two (2) years of which should be at supervisory level in the financial management environment.
• Knowledge of financial functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operate computer and collate financial statistics. Financial accounting procedure, methods and principles established for the processing of specific salary/financial transactions. Knowledge of Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Treasury Regulations, National Treasury Asset Management Framework, General Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP). Knowledge of financial operating systems (PERSAL, BAS, LOGIS, COLTECH, SAGE, etc.).
• Skills: Computer skills, planning and organising, good verbal and written communication, basic numeracy skills, ability to perform routine tasks, ability to operate office equipment, flexibility, interpersonal relations, accuracy. Values/attributes: Client service focus, integrity, committed, proactive, loyal. 

DUTIES :

• Conduct asset verification for owned and leased assets. Regular update of the Asset register and lease register. Barcode newly acquired assets. Reconciliation of the asset verified against the asset register. Reconcile the asset expenditure against the assets register. Maintain the register for new asset additions. Update the lease register with newly concluded contracts or extended ones. Facilitate the disposal of unserviceable, redundant, obsolete, and lost assets.
• Maintain a register for all lost assets supported by relevant supporting documents. Assist in resolving audit queries and ensure completeness and accuracy of the asset register. Assist with leased asset & disposal-related inquiries. Ensure provision of expenditure and general payments services. Ensure cash and revenue management services. Ensure provision of asset liability and debt management. Ensuring provision of bookkeeping and financial accounting services. Management of the fixed asset registers.