State Accountant: Accounts Receivables

Overview

State Accountant managing accounts receivable at the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Head Office in Pretoria, requiring an Accounting diploma or degree.

Requirements

• A minimum of three-year tertiary qualification (NQF Level 6/National Diploma)/ Bachelor’s Degree specializing in Accounting.
• Job related knowledge: Knowledge of Standard of Generally Recognized Accounting Practice, Public Financial Management Act, Treasury Regulations and other sound Financial Management prescripts.
• Job related skills: Good interpersonal relations, Time management skills, Computer literacy in Microsoft excel and word, Good written and verbal communication skills, Organizing and office administration skills, good data analysis and report interpretation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Ability to develop solutions to a variety of problems and interpretation in line with guidelines and departmental policies.
• (The Knowledge of ERP systems and Supervisory skills will be an added advantage).

Duties

• The successful candidate will: Capture and process fully supported invoices/invoices and receipts on SAGE.
• Compile accurate claims/invoices and issued to the client departments.
• Ensure that claims are issued timeously to the client departments and entities.
• Recover outstanding money from clients.
• Perform reconciliation of the client accounts and clear exceptions.
• Checking and controlling age analysis and clear suspense accounts.
• Render support to the management of the unit.
• Respond to all audit information requests in the directorate and gather information to resolve the audit queries.
• Liaise with Regions to resolve internal queries and queries from Debtors.
• Safeguard the Unit’s transaction documents.
• Submit AR related inputs for Annual and Interim Financial Statements consolidation.
• Prepare accurate adjustment and year end journals correctly classified in line with GRAP.

How to apply

For Head Office: Email to: Recruitment26-60@dpw.gov.za

Enquiries: Ms. Beauty Chiloane Tel No: (012) 406 1257

Notes

Applications must be submitted on the prescribed Z83 application form (obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the DPSA website link: https:/www.dpsa.gov.za/newsroom/psvc/, which must be signed, initialled and dated by the applicant, and must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae (CV) only. Candidates are not required to submit certified copies of qualifications and related documents on application. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualification and other related documents on or before the date of interview, which should not be older than six months. Should an application be submitted using incorrect/old Z83 application form, such an application will be disqualified. Further take note of the following on completion of Z83 application form: PART A and PART B must be fully completed. PART C - PART G: Noting that there is a limited space provided applicants may refer to CV or indicate. This will be acceptable as long as the CV has been attached and provides the required information. Page 1 of the Z83 application form must be initialled and page 2 signed and dated by the applicant. Failure to comply with the above instructions may result in an application being disqualified. Applicants applying for more than one advertised post must submit separate Z83 application forms and CVs in respect to each post being applied for. Should an application be received where an applicant has applied for more than one posts on the same Z83 application form, the applicant will be considered for the first post indicated on the Z83 application form only. Applications will be received via post/courier services, hand deliveries or email. Late applications will not be considered. Regulation 57 (c) and 67 (9) of the Public Service Regulations 2016, as amended, requires the executive authority to ensure that he or she is fully satisfied of the claims being made and the finalisation of Personnel Suitability Checks in order to verify claims and check the candidate for purpose of being fit and proper for employment, respectively. Shortlisted candidates must be willing to undergo normal vetting and verification processes. NOTE: It is the responsibility of all applicants to ensure that foreign qualifications are evaluated by SAQA. Due to large volume of responses anticipated, receipt of applications will not be acknowledged, and correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. Should you not have heard from us within three months from the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful. Entry level requirements for SMS posts: in terms of the Directive on Human Resource Management and Development on Public Service Professionalisation Volume 1 a requirement for appointment into SMS posts is the successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry programme as endorsed by the National School of Governance (NSG). The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into SMS and the full details can be obtained by following the below link: https: www.thensg.gov.za/training –course /sms-pre-entry programme/.All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. NOTE: For emailed applications, please submit A Single PDF document or One Attachment per application to the email address designated on the specific position. Kindly Note That The Emailed Applications And Attachments Should Not Exceed 15MB. It remains the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that their application is successfully submitted using the required single pdf document. OTHER POSTS