Description

The Eastern Cape Department of Health is recruiting a Finance Clerk at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in the OR Tambo District.

The position provides financial accounting, salary administration, bookkeeping and budget support services.

Responsibilities

• Receive invoices.
• Check invoices for correctness, verification and approval.
• Process invoices and capture payments.
• File financial documents.
• Collect cash.
• Provide salary administration support services.
• Receive salary advices.
• Check salary advices for correctness.
• Capture salaries, bonuses, salary adjustments and deductions.
• Provide bookkeeping support services.
• Capture financial transactions.
• Clear suspense accounts.
• Record debtors and creditors.
• Process electronic banking transactions.
• Compile journals.
• Provide budget support services.
• Collect information from budget holders.
• Compare expenditure against the approved budget.
• Identify budget variances.
• Capture and allocate virements on budgets.
• Distribute documents relating to the budget.
• Receive and capture cash payments.

Requirements

• A National Senior Certificate or NQF Level 4 qualification.
• No experience is required.
• Basic knowledge of financial functions and practices.
• Ability to capture data.
• Ability to operate a computer.
• Ability to collate financial statistics.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of Public Service financial legislation, procedures and Treasury Regulations.
• Basic knowledge of the PFMA, DORA, PSA, PSR, PPPFA and the Financial Manual.
• Knowledge of basic financial operating systems, including PERSAL, BAS and LOGIS.
• Computer literacy.
• One year of public-service internship programme experience will be given preference.

Skills & Competencies

• Good written communication skills.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Data-capturing skills.
• Financial administration skills.
• Bookkeeping skills.
• Budget-monitoring skills.

Other

Salary: R237 453 – R279 708 per annum (Level 05)

Centre: OR Tambo District, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital

Reference Number: ECHEALTH/FC/NMAH/NTSG-ON/08/07/2026

Enquiries: Ms Calaza — (047) 502 4469

Email for Enquiries: [email protected]