Finance Administrator: Financial Accounting

**JOB PURPOSE AND PROFILE**

To provide administrative and financial support to the Financial Accounting unit to ensure the effective and efficient running of the office, provide superior service and to support the CETA in the execution of the overall strategy.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Work with the Finance Officer and Financial Accountant to prioritise an agenda and focus on the most important issues and opportunities within the business unit.
- Develop, maintain and update the business unit’s annual meetings planner.
- Coordinate the business unit’s meetings and preparation and ensure that all invitations, logistics, minutes and relevant agendas and material are provided.
- Attend key meetings as directed by the team with the purpose of ensuring follow-up and execution on identified actions.
- Provide input and formulate business presentations in consultation with the team.
- Work with the business unit to strategise and manage a portfolio of relationships relevant to the business unit.
- Order, receive, verify, store and maintain an accurate inventory of office supplies as required.
- Perform special projects as required in the business unit, including the review, research, summarisation and analysis of information.
- Provide support on the CETA’s special projects, campaigns and events.
- Support the development of high-quality templates and tools to assist with the effective management of and continuous improvement within the business unit’s process efficiencies.
- Provide administrative support in financial management related activities to ensure that the business achieves its tactical work plan goals.
- Respond to routine queries and escalate higher-level requests to the relevant staff in the business unit as required on time.
- Prepare non-routine and routine correspondence and proofread relevant documents before circulation.
- Assist in the effective and efficient management of document flows and the retrieving and archiving of information in a confidential manner.
- Assist in the preparation of the Financial Accounting relevant reports for review and submission by the Finance Officer and Financial Accountant.
- Assist in the capturing of relevant information and maintaining the database for the business unit, ensuring data integrity.
- Assist in the coordination and verification of relevant invoices and supporting documents from the business units.
- Assist in the preparation of the Financial Accounting relevant reports for review and submission by the Financial Accountant.
- Assist with the payment administration of the payroll from payment schedules received from Human Resources business unit.
- Perform any duty, lawful and reasonable task or responsibility as directed by the supervisor.
- Perform all duties and responsibilities in line with applicable Acts, Regulations and per CETA relevant policies and procedures.
- Assist in identifying and adhering to fraud controls, risk prevention principles, sound governance and compliance processes, and tools to identify and manage risks.
- Support and provide evidence to all internal and external audit requirements.
- Maintain quality risk management standards in line with relevant requirements.
- Maintain and enforce all related Service Level Agreements to minimise business risk and ensure business continuity.
- Review related Standard Operating Procedures in consultation with the Financial Accountant to ensure business optimisation.
- Adhere to all relevant laws, policies and Standard Operating Procedures throughout the organisation.
- Assist CETA in mitigating all risks as per strategic risk registers by following policies, procedures, Acts and Standards of GRAP and acting ethically in all discharge of responsibilities.
- Contribute to the review and update of the CETA policies and procedures.
- Prepare and submit to supervisor accurate, complete and credible monthly reports as required for consolidation and tabling at monthly EXCOs.
- Ensure all work performed is backed-up regularly as per ICT polices onto the CETA electronic servers.
- Attend risk, compliance, ethics and fraud prevention updates meetings, trainings and workshops as scheduled by CETA.
- Contribute to the risk maturity levels at the CETA
- Follow protocols and report suspicious activities, corrupt or fraudulent activities that one is aware of; onto the CETA whistle blowing and fraud prevention hotline.
- Ensure that all relevant CETA registers, reconciliations and regulatory reports are compiled and submitted on time.
- Build and maintain relationships with all CETA officers including EXCO, for the purposes of expectations management and knowledge sharing.
- Provide advocacy on matters related to the business unit to make informed decisions.
- Represent and participate in the organisation’s committees and tasks teams when required.
- Convene and attend meetings and present findings and business cases to relevant stakeholders when required.
- Implement timeous communication