Assistant Bursar: Payables (Bursary Department)

Job Description

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to fill the above post. 

The successful applicant should be able to work under pressure, be a mature person of good repute who enjoys an outstanding reputation in the chosen field, be of high integrity and possess superior interpersonal and communication skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervising junior staff.
• Ensuring that accurate monthly trial balance is produced.
• Checking and maintaining of month end schedules from various sections to ensure accuracy.
• Preparation of consolidated financial statements that are IFRS/ IPSAS compliant.
• Preparation of relevant ledger reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly inter-unit reconciliations.
• Maintaining and updating of investment schedules.
• Preparation of monthly cash movement schedules.
• Checking and updating payables and payment batches in the system to ensure correct vote allocation.
• Checking travel and subsistence advances for completeness and accuracy and passing for payment.
• Processing all specific funds payments.
• Cary out project viability analysis.
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Experience

• Applicants must have a first degree in Accounting.
• A professional qualification such as ACCA/CIMA/CIS/CPA is a requirement.
• A Master’s degree in Accounting, MBA or MBL would be an added advantage.
• Applicants must have at least two (2) years hands on post qualification experience.
• Applicants should preferably be registered Public Accountants.
• Knowledge of computerised accounting packages such as Pastel would be a distinct advantage.

Other

How to Apply

Interested and qualified persons should send one set of their application merged in continuous pdf format to: recruitment@buse.ac.zw consisting of the application letter, certified copies of educational certificates, transcripts, National ID, Birth Certificate and a Curriculum Vitae giving full personal details including full names, place and date of birth, qualifications, previous employment and experience, telephone number, present salary, date of availability, names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of at least three referees.