Main function: Perform various financial accounting tasks within the finance department, while also providing support and assistance to the operational team to resolve queries.Description:• Perform reconciliations on banks, loan accounts, control accounts, etc• Prepare, review and load payments• Fortnightly cash flow projections• Calculate and process month-end and ad-hoc journals• Prepare annual budgets, forecasts and monthly management accounts• Co-ordinate stock take process• Jointly oversee annual financial audit• Bank and insurance liaison• Provide input and feedback for development/improvement of financial strategies and processes

Main function: Manage and oversee all financial requirements of the organisation, including budgets, monthly reports and annual audit. Also overseeing all operational requirements in order to run the organisation effectively and deliver quality programmes to all students over two campuses.Description:• • Preparation of annual budgets, forecasts and monthly management accounts• Prepare for and oversee annual financial audit• Prepare and submit VAT returns on SARS• Oversee all legislative submissions to SARS and CIPC• Manage petty cash• Manage all payments to service providers, students, staff• Processing all transactions and journals on Pastel – Sage online• Reconciliation of bank and creditors• Facilities and building management/maintenance on campuses• Deliver effective staff management by supporting performance review, staff development and disciplinary processes• Ensure office administration is executed effectively• Develop and maintain policies and procedures (HR, IT, Health & Safety etc.)• Assist Executive Director with Organisational Design to prepare PYDA for growth and develop strategy going forward

Main Function: Processing monthly transactions, compiling financial statements and liaising with government bodies on behalf of clientsDescription:- Data processing from source documents to the level of finalized financial statements - Calculation, submission and handling of all tax types by South African Revenue Service (SARS)- Visits to local SARS branch offices to perform duties as required- Liaison with government departments (E.g. The Department of Labour and the Compensation Commissioner) to perform duties as requested by clients- Review of clients’ accounting work- Processing payslips- Sales to new clients and existing clients (as per monthly growth targets)- Visits to clients at their offices to perform duties as required- Giving possible training to certain clients as required- Pickup and delivery of clients’ documents, books and statements

Main Function: Implementation and management of all processes pertaining to Letters of Credit for various trade routes to the African storesDescription: - Coordinate and facilitate the application and issuance of Letters of Credit- Process and verify trade transactions according to the applicable policies and standard of service- Ensure all trade transactions are accurately processed and verified in accordance with the requirements as well as according to the bank’s operational instructions, procedures and policies- Ensure no parties to the transaction is placed at risk- Maintain quality standards ensuring business needs are met and that continued effort is made to exceed the expectations- Evaluate and determine relevant funding options for the required trade transactions- Develop new processes and/or improve current processes, documenting the new procedure and providing training and guidance during and after implementation- Make effort to continue improving personal product knowledge and acquire multi-products processing skill- Understand the risks associated with Products Processing and ensure that they are minimized- Maintain good customer relationship by responding promptly, accurately and courteously to enquiries, or when requesting advice relative to new or outstanding transactions

Main Function: Manage the submission of Duty Refund claims to the South African Revenue ServiceDescription: - Ensure system calculations and output is correct by the Duty refund staff- Monitor accuracy and turnaround time of duty refund claims system - Analyse big data sets to identify system and/or human errors in the source data for refund -alculations- Forecasting, planning and objective setting (long and short term)- Weekly operational performance feedback / reporting to team- Keeping informed of all policy and procedural changes at SARS - Evaluate and communicate operational changes- Cross functional facilitation between departments- Resolve escalated problems- Performance management of each team member- Training and development of team- Provide feedback and solutions to team- Input on staff required and to be employed- Remuneration recommendations - New system development in Excel and VBA

Main Function: Coordinating the supply chain to the destination countries within Africa from all over the world. Description: - Main contact for all parties within the supply chain- Decision making on modes of transport to be used- Implementing cost saving methods of shipping and transport- Follow up on the clearing processes within the destination country to ensure quick and sufficient delivery of all consignments- Being informed of all regulations and changes within the destination country that could impact the business and assist in resolving any subsequent issues that could arise- Coordinate the supply, shipping and delivery of all Capital and Consumable items required for a new store opening- Tracking and tracing of shipments underway to the destination country from all sources over the world- Analysing system data to identify trends and/or where errors in ordering and processing of orders (especially lead time delays within in the supply chain) occurred in order to address the problem areas- Creating weekly reports indicating the supply chain's current condition - Compiling a summary report of all shipments dispatched within a certain period, including forecasts of all costs- Forecasting demurrage costs that could potentially be incurred- Preparing and comparing cost viabilities for various projects- Approving service provider invoices for payment