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Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

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 Academics


Main purpose of the job:
  • To manage the financial aspects of grants ensuring compliance with funding regulations preparing accurate financial reports and supporting program teams throughout the grant lifecycle
Location: 31 Princess of Wales Terrace Parktown

Key performance areas:
  • Ensure adherence to the financial policies and procedures and Donor rules and regulations
  • Effective review and timeously approval of purchase orders on the WHC portal ensuring the P2P complies with the financial policies of WHC and donor rules and regulations
  • Monitor expenditures and ensure alignment with grant terms and conditions and organizational policies and procedures. Effective review and approval of general ledger entries and journal entries
  • Budget preparation and management
  • Preparation of journals with the necessary supporting documents for capturing
  • Review subawardees financial reports for accuracy and compliance. Prepare the journal to capture the subawardees costs into the organizations GL
  • Ensure timely submission of financial documentation from subawardees
  • Preparation of audit samples to support internal and external audits
  • Provide financial advice to divisions and sites
  • Prepare and submit timely accurate comprehensive financial reports to funders and divisions
  • Liaison with all relevant stakeholders
  • Effective compliance with donor requirements
  • Effective self-management
  • Adhoc duties include requesting invoices to external and internal stakeholders including cost recovery invoices with the necessary supporting documentation
Required minimum education and training:
  • BCom Accounting or equivalent
Required minimum work experience:
  • Minimum of 3 years financial reporting experience in a Healthcare or Donor funded environment
Desirable additional education work experience and personal abilities:
  • Experience working in a donor funded organization/NGO will be an advantage
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel and accounting package is desirable
  • Must have a dynamic and compatible personality able to deal with clients donors and staff at all levels
  • Must be self-motivated able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • The environment may at times be busy and need excellent management skills and attention to details
  • May be required to work overtime and to travel to various sites
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) will be required
TO APPLY:
  • Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above you may submit a detailed updated CV
  • Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions
  • This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL
  • However you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market
  • Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
  • 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
  • Closing date: 3 October 2025
  • Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
  • WHC in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
  • AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling 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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