Job Opportunities at Biovac

• BIOVAC is one of the leading sterile vaccine manufacturers rooted in Africa, with our core purpose being to "protect life". We are looking to hire a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive and meticulous Financial Accountant to join a goal-oriented team

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

Required:

• Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Financial Accounting or equivalent.
• Completed Articles

Preferred:

• CA(SA) or CIMA

Experience needed to deliver the role seamlessly:

• Completed Articles/New CA(SA)
• Excel and SAP or similar ERP
• Working knowledge of SARS (VAT & Income Tax) related legislation.
• Strong reconciliation skills.
• Experience in having faced successfully external audits.
• Advanced Excel Skills

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Core Technical Delivery:

Financial Accounting Function

• Month End Close: Prepare payroll and related journals, review accrual and other month end journals for accuracy and completeness, post journals in SAP.
• Maintain amortisation schedules for loans from funders. Ensure that loans are accounted for correctly and that interest is recognised monthly.
• Review Capex requisitions, update the wear and tear register regularly.
• Work with Risk and Compliance to ensure that adequate insurance is in place for Inventory and Fixed Assets.
• Liaise with technical accounting and Tax consultants to ensure that treatment of intangibles relating to project activity, and other special items is correct, and adequately substantiated with memos and other supporting documentation
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, ensure that reconciling items are resolved. Maintain the deferred income schedule.
• Ensure accurate completion and timely filing of statutory tax returns and other compliance reporting (EMP201, VAT, Income Tax, Stats SA)
• Maintenance of GL and cost centres in SAP: create new GL accounts and cost centres as required

Audit and Annual Financial Statements

• Audit deliverables – Attend to audit requests timeously.
• Provide input to the client assistance list – ensure that all reconciliations and supporting schedules are complete before the annual audit starts.
• Ensure that supporting documentation for account balances are in order.
• Assist in the management of own and teams audit deadlines.
• Prepare the Financial Statement workings for Biovac group and company for review.

Treasury Management, Funding and Tax

• Release weekly and monthly payments, including VAT and EMP201 payments.
• Attend to SARS queries as required
• Prepare tax return workings, including wear and tear schedules, for Biovac and its subsidiaries
• Ensure that bank balances in SAP are correct
• Ensure that excess cash is invested at the end of each day
• Assist with any due diligence or funder requests and requirements

Additional Duties

• Preparation of ad hoc schedules or reports as requested by funders
• Attend to any audit requirements relating to project banking and cash
• Audit support – provide supporting documentation and assist with fixed asset verification
• Internal control audits
• SAP improvement projects – participate in SAP projects and changes where required
• Funding due diligence exercises – ensure that all Financial Accounting deliverables are met.
• Monitor and report on funding covenants, attend to all Funder reporting requests and requirements
• Provide any financial support to the project teams as required

Application Deadline: 28 February 2026

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• BIOVAC is one of the leading sterile vaccine manufacturers rooted in Africa, with our core purpose being to "protect life". We are looking to hire a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive and meticulous QA Operations Lead to join a goal-oriented team.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Microbiology/ Biotechnology, Pharmacy or equivalent.

NECESSARY EXPERIENCE & INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE:

• At least 5 years' experience in vaccine/ biotech/ sterile or pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
• At least 2 years' experience at middle management level in cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing or equivalent
• Experience in quality and regulatory compliance within a cGMP facility
• Strong knowledge of sterile manufacturing environment
• Experience in having faced successful local and international quality audits

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Core Technical Delivery:

• Ensure full QA operations oversight during all manufacturing operations. Escalate any critical incidents to the QA Manager.
• Ensure that departmental planning activities occur.
• Ensure QA shifts continuity and handovers take place to support all operational requirements.
• Lead significant investigations that can impact product Quality and patient safety.
• Lead significant risk assessment in accordance with ICH Q9.
• Lead, summaries, mitigate and present significant deviations to the applicant.
• Leads and participates in all QA engagement with external third-party stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance to QA operations and site team on QMS processed.
• Ensures that obligations as set out in the Quality agreements are fulfilled during the QMS process.
• Ensure that significant changes to the facilities, equipment and processes, which may affect the quality of products, are managed via change management and validated.
• Ensure that procedures and specifications are appropriate and followed including the procedures and specifications of contract manufacturers, contract laboratories, etc.
• Approve site specifications and ensure that specifications are in line with pharmacopeial requirements.
• Review and approve significant out of specification investigations, out of trends investigation, protocols and reports within defined timelines as stated in SOPs.
• Co-ordinate and approve significant MDD and OOS investigations that may result in batch impact.
• Ensure that appropriate manufacturing controls, including master manufacturing and packaging documents are in place.
• Oversee customer and regulator audits and ensure tracking and closing findings, whilst maintaining appropriate communication between Biovac and auditors.
• Ensure timeous response to customer and regulatory inspections and audit reports.
• Work closely with the sterility assurance SME to ensure the controls are put in place to maintain Biovac contamination control strategy.
• Ensure that site complies with cGMP and is continuously improved on site in accordance with new defined guidelines.
• Participate and provide quality oversight within defined projects. Responsible for making Quality decisions linked with new projects.
• Ensure project deliverables delivered as per agreed timelines and quality.
• Responsible for specified QA processes and document systems including Deviations, CAPAs, Change Controls, National Regulatory Audits and Quality Risk Management.
• Review and approve documentation within defined timelines as stated in SOPs.
• Check the maintenance of the department, premises and equipment to ensure optimal operation at all times.
• Review, approval and sign-off all operational documents and records, e.g. System and Component Impact Assessments, GMP reviews, Design qualification, Risk Assessment, IQ, OQ, PQ, periodic re-qualification, Performance testing, Functionality testing Aseptic Process Validation, Process validation, Analytical Methods Validation, Cold-chain Packaging validation and Cleaning Validation documents, including both Protocols and Reports to ensure compliance with site approaches, cGMP and regulatory agency requirements.