FINANCE CLERK

Closing Date: 
Friday, February 21, 2020
Location of the Job: 
Namibia, Windhoek
Reference Number: 
N/A
Date of issue: 01 March 2020
Start date of position: 01 April 2020
Position is tenable at: Letshego Bank Namibia
 
A job vacancy has arisen within the Finance Department of Letshego Bank Namibia for the above-mentioned position, the details of the role are outlined below:
Reporting to: Financial Accountant
 
Purpose of the Job:
A finance clerk is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services. This includes processing and monitoring payments and expenditures, processing and monitoring receipts and revenue, preparing and monitoring the ledgers on the system.
 
Key Accountabilities
FINANCE FUNCTION AND RELATED REPORTING
1. Perform the day to day processing of accounts payable, pay-outs, receipts and loan consolidations to ensure that accounts are maintained in an effective, up to date and accurate manner.
2. Ensure that monthly General ledger accounts are reconciled.
3. Update e-list of all manual refunds
4. Ensure the daily pay out report is extracted and distributed to Head office and relevant parties
5. Follow up and investigate Loans not disburse daily and obtain correct banking details to submit payments within 24 – 48 hours since failure of loan.
6. Prepare cash flow report daily and ensure that it balances back to actual bank statements.
7. Processing of debtor receipts on the system on a daily basis.
8. Investigate exception report validations on request from Assistant accountants.
9. Investigate variances between daily disbursement reports and actual pay-outs as per the cash flow report.
10. Investigate and terminate loan accounts received from Arrears department
11. Assist in prepare of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and bank reconciliation
12. Assist in provide to audit queries in area of responsibility.
13. Prepare monthly journals and rectifications
14. Prepare creditors reconciliations and prepare for payment on a weekly basis.
15. Maintain a filing system for all financial documents.
16. Processing of Petty cash Cheque expenses and ensure that Petty cash register is up to date as well as actual cash balancing
17. Assistance to all in Finance with adhoc functions
18. On time follow-up with the Bank regarding unallocated receipts to be allocated to correct client loan accounts
19. Reconciled all unallocated cash accounts on a daily basis and prepare necessary journals for reallocating matching items for assistant accountant to review and approve.
LEARNING AND GROWING
1) Identify and attending training courses in line with skills required of the position
SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES
1) Assist in tasks and responsibilities of co-workers on your level to ensure the department function as a team and not by an individual.
 
Minimum Job Requirements
1. Grade 12 (25 points)
2. Accounting Diploma / 2-3 years relevant Experience
3. Nice-to-Have (Desirable not Essential) Accounting degree
4. 2-3 years accounting experience
5. Numerical sills, computer literacy, communication and interpersonal skills
6. Relevant accounting systems knowledge or practical experience will be an advantage
7. Deadline driven
 
Closing date for applications: 21 February 2020
Apply to (email address): na.recruitment@letshego.com
Standard Disclaimer: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted