Requirements:
Grade 12
Three (3) year National Diploma in Accounting
Three (3) to Five (5) years' relevant experience, preferably in local government
Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines
Sound Administrative, organizational and supervisory skills
Computer Literacy
Valid Code B Driver's License
The successful applicant / candidate must possess competencies as published in Annexure A of the Local Government: Municipal Staff Regulations promulgated in Government Gazette 45181 of 20 September 2021
Key Performance Areas:
Providing support with regard to the consolidation and balancing of income transactional information to facilitate the production of financial statements.
Preparing statistical reports depicting short to medium term cash flow trends inclusive of explanations to support.
Interacting with the internal /external auditors and make available information, supporting documentation and proof of approvals guiding specific recording, adjustments and allocation of account receivable transactions.
Co-ordinating the recording and processing procedures of income related transactions.
Analysing and verifying transactional recording debtor reports and summaries and processing or approving adjustments to entries
Reconciling debtor accounts and proceeding with the posting and balancing of ledger accounts.
Generating reminder notifications for circulation to overdue debtors and / or communicating, calculating, and establishing payment terms and conditions with defaulters.
Generating Debtor age Analysis reports and checking the status of accounts with a view to referring arrear/ overdue accounts for further action
Preparing and / or approving correspondence and calculations of rates due on properties and building forwarding to legal professionals to facilitate the preparation of specific contractual documentation.
Attending to queries related to the calculation of penalties /interest on and providing explanations to clients.
Monitoring files and record keeping systems and implementing changes to facilitate access and retrieval of information
to support processing adjustments / queries.
Reporting to the Manager: Financial Services on the adequacy of current recordkeeping systems with a view to improving controls on access, confidentiality and circulation of information.
Assist in the preparation of Annual Financial Statement