Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA): Finance / Accounting Internship Programme 2024

The OPFA is seeking to appoint a candidate who is results-driven, passionate about service delivery, thrives under prssure, respects deadlines, and is a team player with high levels of professionalism.

Responsibilities

The individual will be exposed to the following areas:

• Asset Management.
• Provide clerical support to the finance management team.
• Attend all finance meetings and provide clerical support.
• Scanning and filing of payment batches.
• Monthly Petty Cash counts.
• Creditors invoices capturing and processing.
• Monthly journals processing.
• Monthly bank and other reconciliations processing.
• Monthly Trial Balance.
• Monthly depreciation journals.
• Monthly Prepayment schedule monthly and journals.
• Compilation of Finance Reports.
• Compilation of Management Accounts.
• Compilation of treasury reports.
• Assist with Audits.
• Keep all correspondence relating to your work including telephone calls, emails, etc.
• Assist project team members and management with document preparation and review.
• Attend to any other relevant request from the reporting line.
• Maintain accurate and safekeeping of all the finance records.

Requirements:

• National Diploma or Degree in

1. Accounting,
2. Finance,
3. or related field.

• The submission of University or tertiary transcripts is mandatory.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to analyse, interpret, solve problems and good grasp of financial terms.
• Computer Literacy (MS Word, Excel, Ms Outlook).
• Communication skills (Both written and verbal).
• Confidentiality and trustworthy.
• Team player and reliability.
• Numerical skills.
• Planning and organising.
• Result driven and self-motivated.