Finance Officer (Half Day Position) FTC - ESRU

SUMMARY:
A Finance Officer (Half Day) Fixed Term Contract vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium's Empilweni Services and Research Unit (ESRU) in Johannesburg - Gauteng.

POSITION INFO:

Background

Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited (“WHC“) is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences. WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives. In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to the Academics conducting these activities in order to assist with the management thereof.

The Empilweni Services and Research Unit (ESRU) based within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the RMMCH is one of the newest officially recognized members of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits. The unit obtained official recognition in late 2014. 

Historically, this unit grew out of a need to provide Antiretroviral access to HIV-infected children receiving care within the Department of Paediatrics at Wits. 

Professor Ashraf Coovadia along with Professor Tammy Meyers (Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital CHBAH) and Dr Dalo Ndiweni (Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital - CMJAH) initially created the Wits Paeds Group which was a network of Paediatric HIV clinics that provided state-of-the-art services to infants and children who were HIV-exposed or HIV-infected. This group later called the Wits Paediatric HIV Clinics, continued to grow in staffing as well as began research projects at the Harriet Shezi Children’s HIV clinic at CHBAH. In 2000 clinical research began within the Paediatric HIV services at RMMCH which was later called the Empilweni Clinic. Empilweni was chosen as its name as it is translated from isiZulu as ‘a place of life''.

Main purpose of the job

• Responsible for the financial processes, accounting function and liaising with clients ensuring the adherence to the WHC finance policies and procedures

Location

• Empilweni Clinic, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg

Key performance areas

• Ensure invoices/orders comply with internal SOP’s
• Compile a creditors recon and payment requisition on all invoices received
• Ensure adherence to the WHC finance requirements
• Maintenance of eMobile data allocations
• Management of credit card expenses
• Maintenance of the asset registers
• Ensure the booking, coordination and confirmation of travel arrangements for staff within the unit
• Resolve queries initiated by WHC
• General administration
• Management of monthly timesheets
• Management of all professional body registration
• Ensure NIH compliance
• Preparation of budgets for applications
• Effective self-management and performance ownership

Required minimum education and training

• Grade 12
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel and MS Word
• Relevant tertiary qualification will be advantageous

Required minimum work experience

• 3 years working experience within the financial administration field

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities

• Work experience in a donor-funded organization (i.e. CDC/USAID/NIH)
• Ability to collate Income Statements, Trial Balances
• Understanding and preparing of Budgets
• Ability to work independently, self-motivated and a team player
• Meticulous, accurate and organised
• Good organizational and communication skills

[Hours = 08h00 – 13h00]

TO APPLY

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications is 11 March 2021.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.

AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position. 

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