VACANCY – FINANCE ASSISTANT / BOOKKEEPER – CAPE TOWN

Position: Finance Assistant / Bookkeeper – Part Time Position (3 x days)
Department: Finance Department

General-purpose of the position: The Finance Assistant is responsible for providing financial and administrative support to the Financial Manager to ensure effective, efficient, and accurate financial operations.
Responsibilities / Duties:
• Perform the day-to-day processing of financial transactions to ensure that all finances are maintained in an effective, up to date and accurate manner
• Provide administrative support to ensure effective and efficient office operation
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications and experience:
• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Three years’ experience as a bookkeeper. Sage Cloud experience required.

Knowledge
• Knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable and maintaining general ledgers
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information

Skills
• Computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheets, and word processing programs, and email at a highly proficient level
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Decision-making skills
• Effective verbal and listening communications skills
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Time and stress management skills

Personal Attributes
• Confidentiality
Honest and trustworthy
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Be flexible
• Demonstrate sound work ethic

Closing date: Friday 28th January 2021

Contact will only be made with shortlisted candidates.