Description

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Engage in short-term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with the supervisor.
• Perform work independently within established practices as well as given processes, rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with standards, policies and other guidelines.
• Identify, evaluate and solve defined, routine and new problems within a familiar context.
• Perform general budgeting duties, including the compilation and consolidation of the annual SARB budget as well as tracking and reporting the SARB's performance against the approved budget.
• Assist with financial modelling and insights to help streamline the current budgeting process.
• Perform general accounting duties and reconciliation in accordance with accounting and SARB polices, relevant accounting and banking standards, and Acts.
• Prepare and provide information related to transactions with a defined context to relevant stakeholders.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders/clients within the SARB, displaying service orientation in own work and the ability to handle basic queries and explain information fluently.
• Proactively broaden knowledge of own functional area, displaying a willingness to make improvements in own work (including work methods and practices).
• Evaluate own performance against given criteria, and identify and address task-specific learning needs.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• the minimum of a Bachelor's degree/Advanced Diploma in Accounting (NQF 7) or an equivalent qualification; and
• the minimum of two years of experience in a financial services environment.

The following would be an added advantage:

• being a newly qualified Chartered Accountant.

Additional requirements include:

• knowledge of and skill in:
  • industry, organisational and business awareness;
  • quality assurance;
  • continuous improvement;
  • continued learning and/or professional development;
  • financial modelling;
  • financial reconciliation; and
  • budgeting;
• conceptual thinking;
• effective communication;
• flexibility;
• a drive for results;
• a learning focus;
• the ability to work in a team;
• a service and stakeholder focus;
• the ability to build and maintain relationships;
• judgement and decision making;
• impact and influence;
• analytical skills and problem solving;
• resilience; and
• the ability to manage complex issues.