PROJECT ACCOUNTANT REFERENCE NUMBER: ADAHRM24/2025

Expired on: Nov 20, 2025
Job Title Project Accountant
Location 5 Cascades Crescent, Pietermaritzburg
Grade/Salary L09 (DPSA Salary)
Fixed term contract 3 Years (Fixed Term Contract)
Reporting Line Finance Manager
Unit Office of the Chief Finance Officer 

Minimum Requirements:

  • Must have completed Matric.
  • A relevant Accounting Degree or National Diploma
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
  • Knowledge of electronic financial management systems
  • Thorough knowledge and experience in financial accounting
  • Working knowledge of budgeting, expenditure control and financial reporting
  • Working knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and fraud prevention
  • Knowledge of relevant legal prescripts
  • A valid driver’s licence

Skills & Competencies:

  • Sound bookkeeping and accounting skills
  • Capacity to work alone to deadlines, to establish priorities
  • Strong interpretive skills
  • Strong IT skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Ability to think conceptually and strategically
  • Strong analytical, policy and operational thinking skills
  • Effective planning and organisational skills
  • Ability to use initiative

Key Performance Areas

  • Ensure financial functions are performed accurately and timeously.
  • Managing project Budgets, conducting project visits and reporting on the findings.
  • Preparing monthly reports on project expenditure.
  • Perform financial planning tasks as required.
  • To monitor and manage project cash flows.
  • Report to the Financial Manager on income and expenditure at organisational level, by projects and by line item.
  • Ensure compliance with all laws, regulations and policies.
  • Assist in providing input into policy development, operational plans, strategic plans and annual report.
  • Recording all receipts and payments in the cashbook.
  • Maintaining the grant register on a monthly basis and reconciling unspent conditional grants
  • Process transactions relating to project expenditure on accounting system.
  • Attend to finance filing and archiving.
  • Maintaining a register of all invoices received and following up on long outstanding invoices.
  • Adhoc duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor.

Suitable candidates will be selected with the intention of promoting representativity.

Note:

  • All applicants are subject to the signing of performance agreement.
  • ADA reserves the right not to appoint any applicant to the above position.
  • Preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act, 1998.
  • Females and persons living with disabilities are encouraged to apply
  • Applications must be submitted in the following manner.
  • A covering letter indicating the reference number and the post that you are applying for, together with a brief motivation.
  • NB: A Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (Previous experience must be comprehensively detailed)
  • NB: Certified copies will be requested once shortlisted.
  • Failure to submit the requested documents will result in the application being disqualified.
  • Full names and telephone numbers of work 2 work related referees.
  • If you are applying for more than one post, please submit a separate application for each post.

NB: Failure to comply with the above instructions will disqualify applicants

Enquiries: Mr Jerry Mfusi                                                        Closing date: 20 November 2025

Telephone:   033 347 8600

Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications exclusively via the email address provided: admin@tamdeco.co.za

Please note that all applications must be submitted electronically to this designated email address. Physical or hard copy submissions will not be accepted.

Should you not hear from ADA 8 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful

Job Category: Finance
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: ADA HEAD OFFICE
Job Status: archive
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