Finance Clerk

Purpose

To render financial support services within the department.

Key Performance Areas

Financial Accounting

• Render Financial Accounting transactions
• Receive invoices
• Check invoices for correctness, verification and approval (internal control)
• Process invoices (e.g. capture payments)
• Filing of all documents
• Collection of cash
• Perform Salary Administration support services
• Receive salary advice.
• Process advice (e.g. check advice for correctness, capture salaries, bonuses, salary adjustments, capture all deductions etc).
• File all documents
• Perform Bookkeeping support services
• Capture all financial transactions
• Clear suspense accounts
• Record debtors and creditors
• Process electronic banking transactions
• Compile journals

Management Accounting

• Render a budget support service
• Collect information from budget holders
• Compare expenditure against budget
• Identify variances
• Capture, allocate virements on budgets
• Distribute documents regarding the budget
• File all documents
• Receive and capture cash payments

Skills and Competencies

• Job Knowledge
• Computer operating skills
• Communication
• Planning and organisation
• Interpersonal relations
• Language
• Flexibility
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Teamwork
• Basic Numeracy skills
• Accuracy
• Ability to perform routine tasks Aptitude of figures
• Ability to operate office equipment

Knowledge Requirements

• Basic knowledge of financial functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operate computer and collate financial statistics.
• Basic knowledge and insight of the Public Service financial legislations, procedures and Treasury regulations (PFMA, DORA, PSA, PSR, PPPFA, Financial Manual).
• Knowledge of basic financial operating systems (PERSAL, BAS, LOGIS etc)

Appointment Requirements

• A grade 12 certificate or equivalent.
• No experience required.

Desired Skills

• Communication skills.
• Basic Numeracy Skills