| 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