Assistant Financial Officer - Nedbank


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Nedbank Accounting / Finance Jobs in Johannesburg


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Job Purpose

To provide financial management services to stakeholders through effective processing; monitoring; budgeting/forecasting; analysis and reporting; thereby ensuring good governance and financial control across the Nedbank Group.

Job Responsibilities

  • Contribute to business unit's cost saving by operating within agreed targets.
  • Contribute to improvement of team performance by partnering with team leaders and giving advice and feedback on how they are performing.
  • Maintain client satisfaction by responding to general queries and adhoc requests timeously.
  • Contribute to team skills by sharing knowledge and ideas.
  • Build and maintain business relationships with internal and external stakeholders by providing and discussing monthly financial packs.
  • Validate accuracy and allocation of entries posted to the general ledger (GL) or database (DB) by checking the daily GL and DB accounts and reports.
  • Process staff claims by allocating them to the correct branch and GL account.
  • Process ledger entries by preparing the VAT upload and forward to Group Finance for further processing.
  • Ensure entries are correctly allocated by liaising with the relevant parties and following up on any discrepancies.
  • Prepare a variance report by comparing budget/forecast against actuals and providing comments for the variances.
  • Perform daily bank reconciliations by clearing entries to the GL.
  • Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations by comparing GL and balance sheet balances and explaining reconciled items.
  • Review validity of invoices by making sure that they meet policy requirements in terms of signatures, mandates and tax.
  • Submit invoices for payment by capturing on the P2P System and select authorisers for approval.
  • Prepare budgets, forecasts and three-year plans by liaising with team leaders and gathering relevant information.
  • Manage and monitor asset registers by physically checking asset numbers and verifying them against the asset register.
  • Process purchase orders of capex (new or replacement) by allocating reference numbers and ensuring validity of order in terms of signatures and mandates.
  • Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impact on role by reading the relevant newsletters, websites and attending sessions.
  • Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
  • Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.


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Job Requirements

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

  • Diploma

Preferred Qualification

  • Bachelor of Commerce: Accounting , Bachelor of Commerce: Banking

Minimum Experience Level

  •  2-4 years experience with 1-2 years' experience in financial services environment

Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Accounting principles
  • Administrative procedures and systems
  • Banking knowledge
  • Business principles
  • Cluster specific operations
  • Data analysis
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
  • Relevant regulatory knowledge
  • Relevant software and systems knowledge
  • Business writing skills

Behavioural Competencies

  • Applied Learning
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Managing Work
  • Quality Orientation

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