Accounts clerk

Function

Finance/Administration

Facility

Life Dalview Hospital

Position

Accounts clerk

Introduction

A vacancy exists for an Accounts clerk, based at Life Dalview Hospital, reporting to Sanette Parsons, Finance and Admin Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for capturing of data and financial information and performing specific general ledger recon’s to specific areas of the financial processes in the financial accounting of Life Healthcare.

Critical Outputs

• Constantly striving to improve working methods to improve standardization and efficiencies.
• Preparing and capturing of requisitions, payments, and orders on SAP.
• Facilitate the procurement cycle including submission of invoices for payment.
• Managing allocated creditors. Reconciling, processing, and liaising with creditors and hospital staff daily regarding queries on creditors.
• Coding and allocation of payments and receipts in the cashbook.
• Assisting the Finance and Administration Manager with ad-hoc tasks including reviews of monthly results.
• Clearing of bank and creditor reconciling items.
• Resolving creditors and debtors account queries.
• Managing, following up and resolving of all doctor’s rental invoicing and relevant monthly statements.
• Maintaining a filing system for creditors.
• Updating and management of the contracts register.
• Assisting in reviewing and establishing adequate internal controls within the finance department.
• Reviewing and maintaining fixed assets and inventory records.
• Preparing accurate and complete accruals at month end.
• Assist the Finance and Administration Manager with month end and capital expenditure reporting.
• General Admin duties, e.g. filing, taking of minutes etc.
• Liaising with the national credit control department with regard to daily banking and bank transfer payments.
• Management of petty cash.
• Constantly striving to improve working methods to improve standardization and efficiencies.
• Maintaining a detailed asset register for the facility.

Requirements

• Grade 12 National Senior Certificate
• Diploma in accounting, bookkeeping or equivalent.
• Additional tertiary qualification in finance will be an added advantage
• At least two (2) years’ relevant experience and technical skills to meet the critical outputs.
• SAP knowledge will be an advantage
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office (excel, word) is essential.
• The candidate must be able to work independently, manage time effectively and be a team player, energetic, quality focused and flexible.
• Ability to work under pressure in a challenging environment.
• Financial process understanding up to trial balance and ability to perform balance sheet reconciliations.
• Attention to detail regarding recons.
• Understanding of the private health care industry, its challenges and role players would be an added advantage

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Drive & energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Leading my example (Key for Managers)
• Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)

Email

sanette.parsons@lifehealthcare.co.za

Closing date

Friday, October 4, 2024