Finance Clerk (Head Office)

About the role

The Department of Higher Education and Training is hiring 2 Finance Clerk posts, based in Head Office. This is a permanent post, paying R237,453 – R279,708 a year. How to apply: Email Address: finc33@emcol.co.za Reference number to quote: EMC1/33/26 Closing date: 06 November 2026 at 14H00 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV.

Responsibilities

• Receive invoices.
• Check invoices for correctness, verification and approval (internal control).
• Process invoices (e.g. capture payments).
• Filing of all documents.
• Perform salary administration support services.
• Receive salary advice.
• Process advice (e.g. check advice for all correctness, capture salaries, bonuses, salary adjustments, capture all deductions etc.).
• File all documents.
• Capture all financial transactions.
• Clear suspense accounts.
• Record debtors and creditors.
• Process electronic banking transactions.
• Compile journals.
• Collect information from budget holders.
• Compare expenditure against budget.
• Identify variances.
• Capture, allocate virements on budgets.
• Distribute documents regarding the budget.
• Receive and capture payments.

Requirements

• A grade 12 certificate plus National Diploma in Financial Management/Financial Accounting or any other relevant qualification.
• 1-2 years’ experience financial management environment.
• Competencies:
• Basic knowledge of financial functions
• Practices as well as the ability to capture data
• Operate computer and collate financial statistics
• Basic knowledge of the Public Service financial legislations, procedures and treasury regulations (PFMA, PSA, PSR, PPPFA, Financial Manual)
• Knowledge of basic financial operating systems (Coltech, Sage etc)
• Skills:
• Computer skills
• Planning and organizing
• Good verbal and written communication
• Basic numeracy skills
• Ability to perform routine tasks
• Ability to operate office equipment
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal Relations
• Accuracy
• Aptitudes of figures