Financial Assistant

We are looking for a Financial Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the classification and recording of information in respect of financial transactions and the maintenance of accounting records.

Requirements

• Classification and recording of information in respect of financial transactions
• Maintenance of accounting records
• Payment of Consultants or Services
• Purchase Orders for Consultants
• Contractors Audit Reporting
• Capturing and Recon of Invoices and Journal
• Journals for Accruals and Receipt of Goods on PO’s
• Verify Receipt of Goods
• Assisting with investigations of forward cover or early payments with Vendors
• Investigate variances between actuals and budget
• Provide reasons for over or under spend on recon items monthly
• Follow-up and obtain approvals from relevant Exco or Manco members on critical time sensitive documents, payments and approvals
• Obtain, Validate Quotes and Invoices – oversee
• Handling Ad hoc payment queries or requests directly from Vendors and Clients
• Assist with audit queries and provide necessary documentation.
• Handling of queries on a daily basis
• Prioritise and re-prioritise work to meet deadlines due to changes
• Ensure that processes are draw up and kept up to date for consistence in delivery.
• Sending reminders for new consultant contracts to stakeholders in advance, following up to ensure that the division is not exposed to over payment of contracts or contractors
• Handling Ad hoc queries or requests from Vendors and Clients
• Billing