Accounts Clerk - Pretoria, South Africa - South African Reserve Bank

South African Reserve Bank

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Pretoria, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

The main purpose of this position is to perform a variety of general accounting duties within the Financial Service Department of the South African Reserve Bank.

Detailed Description
Perform general accounting duties and reconciliations in accordance with SARB policies, relevant accounting standards and acts.

Prepare and provide information related to transactions within a defined context to relevant stakeholders.
Perform general administration, including preparation of payment instructions, data capturing and record keeping in order to ensure the smooth running of the section operations.
Engage in short term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with supervisor.
Perform work independently within established practices, given processes, rules and regulations ensuring compliance with standards, policies and other guidelines.
Create and maintain consistent Metadata in a manner that allows for clear and unambiguous data element definition and meets legislative, quality and security requirements as well as test system changes.
Engage with relevant stakeholders/clients, within the SARB and external parties, displaying a service orientation in own work and the ability to handle basic queries and explain information fluently.
Proactively broaden knowledge of functional area, including technological advancement and displaying willingness to make improvements in own work (including methods and practices).
Evaluate own performance against given criteria, identify and address task specific learning needs.

Job Requirements
a National Diploma in Financial Accounting or an equivalent NQF 6 qualification;
- a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Financial Accounting will be an added advantage;
- one to two years' working experience in an Accounting environment.

Additional requirements include:
- knowledge and skill in:

- industry, organisational and business awareness;
- quality assurance;
- continuous improvement;
- continued learning and/or professional development;
- f inancial accounting;
- financial reconciliation;
- function specific - information systems;
- service delivery ;
- finance legislation, and governance, risk and compliance ;
- business continuity planning knowledge;
- payment settlement accounting;
- v erbal and written communication;
- drive for results;
- learning focus;
- team work;
- service & stakeholder focus;
- analysis and problem solving.
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