Join Our Team at IIE Rosebank College

The Independent Institute of Education, Rosebank College, is part of the ADvTECH Group, Africa's leading private education provider. From our humble beginning in 1909, Rosebank College has grown to a student population of more than 30,000 students nationwide.

As we continue to expand and innovate, we invite passionate professionals to become part of our dynamic team. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in students' lives and wish to contribute to an institution that values academic excellence, connection, and student success, we would love to hear from you.

Join us on our journey of shaping futures!

Job Purpose:

The accountant is accountable for the management of all financial processing according to the required controls and accounting principles. This role involves overseeing the entire accounts payable process, from purchase order through to reconciliation and payment, and ensuring the efficient and accurate management of all related workflows. The candidate will also manage vendor relationships and contribute to key projects and initiatives.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Bank Reconciliations

Complete the reconciliations on D365 for all accounts in the brand ensuring that payments and students refunds clear on time. Be proactive in ensuring minimal unreconciled entries reported that are out of the employee’s control.

Procure to Pay Process 

Manage the purchase order process and ensure tickets do not breach SLA. Review purchase orders for accuracy and compliance to internal policyEnsure the daily processing of invoices.Signing off creditor reconciliations and incidental payments, ensuring that the required supporting documents are attached and that the outstanding queries are resolved within a 30-day turnaround time.Track payments are made as per payment terms.Deal with escalations and queries.Report on exceptions and inconsistencies.Ensure the Accounts Payable Age is up to date with no items older than the agreed terms.Ensure the age analysis balances back to the control accountEnsure that Settlement of transactions occurs dailyReview and manage adherence to the creditors Service Level Agreement (SLA) process, audit, and regulatory requirements

Finance Operations Management to Trial Balance

Review that all intercompany transactions are processed timeously and accurately to the respective accounts.Monitor and analyze variances in accounts and make corrections.
Escalate variances timeously to the correct parties.Ensure written confirmation is received on all balances prior to deadline submission.

Foreign VAT Submission 

Complete the foreign vat template accurately and completely by the 15th working day with all supporting documents attached filed in sequence.
Corporate debit and credit cards control
Processing of all transactions on corporate debit and credit card accounts and ensuring the supporting documents received timeously Vendor Management
Review and approval of new vendors and ensure that new vendor requests comply with policies and procedures.Develop and maintain strong vendor relationshipsManage the vendor master data, ensuring accuracy and integrity of information.Compliance with internal processes
BBEEE Reporting
Responsible for completing quarterly reports to Group and yearly reports to BBEEE auditors

Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications

Minimum

Qualification (NQF Level 7) in Finance (BCom Accounting)

Advantageous

Postgraduate/Honours Qualification (NQF Level 8) qualification in Finance or similar.

Experience

Minimum

5 years experience as an Accountant 2 years experience as an Accounts Payable Supervisor/ManagerAdvantageous 
Completed 3-year SAICA articles at a large audit firm

 Rosebank College is an equal opportunities employer; however, EE and South African candidates will be preferred.