State Accountant: Financial Accounting (Accounts Payable) (AP) at Department Of Public Works And Infrastructure

REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum three-year tertiary qualification (NQF Level 06) / National Diploma in Accounting, Financial Management and/or equivalent qualifications with relevant years of working experience in payments environment. Well conversant with PFMA, Treasury Regulations and Public Service Regulations. 

DUTIES :

• The successful candidate will: Capture and process fully supported payments on SAGE, Verify and initiate Works Control Systems (WCS) payments and daily runs. Reconciliation of individual creditor’s payments. Re-issue, recall and cancel payments on SAGE, where applicable. Perform and prepare creditors control accounts (general ledger). Ensure payments are adequately supported (e.g. order numbers, invoices, etc.). Prepare and process related journals and Safekeeping and monitoring of documents in the batch room.
• Serve as a back-up for petty cash office and related activities. Issue petty cash advances to delegated officials. Follow up on long outstanding invoices. Monthly reporting to the National Treasury on 30 days payment report. Perform and prepare daily petty cash reconciliations. Perform replenishment on a regular basis. Resolve queries from regions (e.g. re-issues, re submissions, recalls and cancellations).
• Issue of receipts to suppliers and officials. Complete and prepare daily bank deposit slips. Daily banking of cash receipts. Safeguarding of receipt book. Processing of receipts to SAGE. Resolution of queries from suppliers (e.g. lost receipts). Submit AP related inputs for financial statement consolidation. Prepare year end journals correctly classified in line with GRAP.