Nedbank

Asset Management: Assistant Financial Officer (6-month Contract) - Cape Town

Nedbank  •  Cape Town, ZA (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Family

Finance

Career Stream

Accounting

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Technical

Closing Date

Friday 24 July 2026

Job Purpose

To provide financial management services to stakeholders through effective processing; monitoring; budgeting/forecasting; analysis and reporting; thereby ensuring good governance and financial control across the Nedbank Group.

Job Responsibilities

  • Contribute to business unit's cost saving by operating within agreed targets.
  • Contribute to improvement of team performance by partnering with team leaders and giving advice and feedback on how they are performing.
  • Maintain client satisfaction by responding to general queries and adhoc requests timeously.
  • Contribute to team skills by sharing knowledge and ideas.
  • Build and maintain business relationships with internal and external stakeholders by providing and discussing monthly financial packs.
  • Validate accuracy and allocation of entries posted to the general ledger (GL) or database (DB) by checking the daily GL and DB accounts and reports.
  • Process staff claims by allocating them to the correct branch and GL account.
  • Process ledger entries by preparing the VAT upload and forward to Group Finance for further processing.
  • Ensure entries are correctly allocated by liaising with the relevant parties and following up on any discrepancies.
  • Prepare a variance report by comparing budget/forecast against actuals and providing comments for the variances.
  • Perform daily bank reconciliations by clearing entries to the GL.
  • Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations by comparing GL and balance sheet balances and explaining reconciled items.
  • Review validity of invoices by making sure that they meet policy requirements in terms of signatures, mandates and tax.
  • Submit invoices for payment by capturing on the P2P System and select authorisers for approval.
  • Prepare budgets, forecasts and three-year plans by liaising with team leaders and gathering relevant information.
  • Manage and monitor asset registers by physically checking asset numbers and verifying them against the asset register.
  • Process purchase orders of capex (new or replacement) by allocating reference numbers and ensuring validity of order in terms of signatures and mandates.
  • Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impact on role by reading the relevant newsletters, websites and attending sessions.
  • Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
  • Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

  • Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

A relevant Degree in Accounting, Finance, Auditing, etc.

Minimum Experience Level

  • 2-4 years experience with 1-2 years' experience in financial services environment
  • Experience working in SAP Finance
  • Experience working in MS Excel (Advanced level)

Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Accounting principles
  • Administrative procedures and systems
  • Banking knowledge
  • Business principles
  • Cluster specific operations
  • Data analysis
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
  • Relevant regulatory knowledge
  • Relevant software and systems knowledge
  • Business writing skills

Behavioural Competencies

  • Applied Learning
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Managing Work
  • Quality Orientation

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

Nedbank

About Nedbank

At Nedbank, we see ourselves as money experts who do good. And by doing good, we strive to be the difference that impacts our world for the better.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Sandton, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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