Financial Officer

Mediclinic; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic is seeking a Financial Clerk to support the hospital's financial control and administration. This role will handle patient administration monies, supplier relations, and general ledger activities within a healthcare setting.

Essential duties include invoicing, petty cash, asset management, and SAP accounting tasks, with a focus on accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will have 2–3 years in finance and proficiency in MS Office and SAP.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years' experience in a financial environment or as a financial clerk/bookkeeper.
• Experience as a financial officer and healthcare sector exposure preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office and financial software.

Responsibilities

• Process patient administration monies received: collections, reconciliation, deposits.
• Administer petty cash and cheque book.
• Manage hospital account relationships with suppliers and vendors.
• Prepare and process sundry invoices and payments; ensure timely settlement.
• Asset verification, acquisition, disposal, and asset transfers.
• SAP Financial Super User responsibilities and report generation.

Skills

Asset management

Computer literacy

AS400 patient admin

SAP Accounting Software

Financial management

Stock control

Invoices processing

VAT invoices regulations

Reporting and analysis

Education

Grade 12

Certificate/Diploma in Management Accounting or Accounting

SAP Accounting Software knowledge

Tools

SAP Accounting Software

Job description

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates. The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To assist in financial control and financial administration and support the financial management processes in the hospital.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Collection, reconciliation and deposit preparation of patient administration monies received.
• Administration of petty cash
• Administration of sure cheque book
• Request tax invoices for sundry customers and ensure payment is received
• Managing hospital account relationships with suppliers
• Financial administration of sundry invoices for contracts and other classified sundry expenses
• Provisionally assist with performing the shopping cart function for capital procurement or all units
• Perform the receiving function for capital procurement
• Perform the buying function for operational procurement
• Perform the receiving function for operational procurement
• Disposal, transfers and scrapping of assets
• Asset (equipment) verification
• SAP Financial Super User

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: Grade 12

DESIRED EDUCATION: Certificate or Diploma in Management Accounting /Accounting or relevant Financial / Business Certificate or Diploma, SAP Accounting Software

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 2-3 years’ work experience in a financial environment or as a financial clerk/bookkeeper.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Previous experience as a financial officer; experience in a healthcare environment.

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Asset management
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Patient admin programmes on the AS400 system
• SAP Accounting Software
• Financial management (financial statement interpretation; budgeting and financial planning; Return on Investment; etc.)
• Stock control
• General financial administration (e.g. Invoices, processing petty cash and manual cheque payments etc.)
• VAT invoice regulations
• Statistical information generation and analysis