Financial Accountant

About the job

REF NO: REFS/057165 Requirements: B Com degree in Accounting/ Accounting Science NQF 7. 3 years’ experience in Financial Accounting. Pastel Accounting Software and CaseWare experience Notes: Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If you do not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful. Find us Address 75 Fox Street, Mashalltown Johannesburg 2000 Email us Email e-recruitment@gauteng.gov.za Quick Links All Jobs About Us © Gauteng Provincial Government . Powered by Department of e-Government Duties: Oversees the preparation of all bank reconciliations, updates of cashbook and processing into the system. Prints bank statements and verify statements against cashbook. Reviews cashbook documentation and submits to Financial Manager. Liaises with the bank for unknown debits and unknown credits. Reviews administration of all the bank accounts. Fills in forex documentation for subsistence allowances for overseas travel. Imports payroll from the VIP system and captures onto the banking system for authorisation by the relevant stakeholders. Prepares Directors, staff and youth programme payroll. Manages cash and bank management in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation and allocated time frames. Reviews the creditor payments pack for compliance, completeness, accuracy and validity and the creditor’s reconciliations per supplier. Resolves complex internal and external escalated payment queries. Manages the expenditure of the entity per cost centre and General Ledger level. Reviews payments on payment batches. Authorises on-line users on bank system. Facilitates processing of payments in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation within the allocated time frame. • Ensures all journals are processed to the General Ledger within the allocated time frame. Ensures that financial activities are captured and recorded and that the transactions are valid, accurate and complete. Reviews the General Ledger and trial balance for accuracy, completeness and validity. Prepares reconciliations on all balance sheet items and specific income statement accounts such as the payroll. Analyses creditor age analysis queries, prepares journals to correct errors and follows up on old creditors to determine overdue and long outstanding payments. Monitors the verification and disposal of assets in compliance to legislation, policy and procedures. Reviews asset reconciliations. Prepares and processes asset journals. Reviews depreciation and posts entries to update the General Ledger. Signs off on insurance claims. Reviews asset management reports Assists in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements. Prepares monthly and quarterly financial reports. Liaises with Treasury in relation to compliance. Prepares reports in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation within the allocated time frame. Prepares Treasury template. Prepares payment reports for EXCO and Shareholder.

Enquiries

Suitable applicants must e-mail detailed, updated CVs to: cfo@gep.co.za, with subject being the position applied for, by no later than 07 November 2026 at 17h00

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