Finacial Accountant Hospital / Healthcare

Sotina Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Financial Accountant to oversee the financial operations of a hospital in Johannesburg. This role entails managing various accounting tasks, ensuring adherence to financial regulations, and collaborating with management for budgeting and forecasting purposes. Candidates should possess a degree in Financial Accounting and relevant experience in the field.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' relevant work experience in financial accounting.
• Proven financial accounting experience.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage accounting and financial activities of the hospital.
• Monitor and review financial practices, ensuring adherence to policies.
• Prepare journal entries and maintain the fixed asset register.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Financial reporting

General Ledger maintenance

Education

Diploma or Degree in Financial Accounting

Business related degree

Job description

Financial Accountant Job Summary: To coordinate, plan and manage the accounting and financial activities of an organisation. The incumbent collaborates with operations and finance in analysing the commercial stability of the hospital facility.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

Relevant three-year Diploma or Degree: Financial Accounting.

3+ years’ relevant work experience.

Proven financial accounting experience.

Business related degree advantageous.

Minimum Job Requirements:

To provide end-to-end financial accountant management for the facility.

Monitor, review and provide feedback to the Financial Manager as it relates to the Group’s

accounting practices, protocols and policies.

Drives the Finance Department’s adherence to established policies, SOPs and guidelines.

Prepares asset, liability and capital account journal entries by compiling and analysing account

information.

Maintain the hospital’s fixed asset register and supervise the performance of physical asset

verifications then compile reconciliation.

Analyse and interpret management accounts, budgets and forecasts.

Compile and submit departmental cost centre reports and liaise with MANCO on budget and

expenditure monitoring.

Perform General Ledger reconciliations.

Analyse and report on budget variances

Ensure the accurate maintenance of general ledger accounts and prepare accurate balance sheet

reconciliations.

Assists the assigned Financial Manager in the preparation of Annual audits by providing accurate

information and other information for audits as required.

Assumes the accountability of the bridging point of contact from Hospital Finance and Head Office

Finance

Support the Hospital Manager by assessing financial impact or proposed services, improvements (or

related financial costs to the facility) and monitor financial cost / benefit of services.

Review of GRIR accounts and ensure invoice capturing is always up to date.

Review the unbilled report and ensure that revenue is accruing as it should.

Hospital petty management.