ACCOUNTANT

ACCOUNTANT 2025

St John’s College is a world-class Anglican, African school situated on a magnificent campus in Houghton, Johannesburg, offering quality education from Pre-Primary to Post-Matric. The school has an outstanding academic record, entering candidates for the IEB and Cambridge A Level examinations.

St John’s College is seeking an experienced, detail oriented and proactive Accountant that will ensure effective financial management and provide financial guidance and support to management and colleagues in order to make sound business decisions and help shape the School’s financial policies and procedures.

Main Responsibilities

• General accounting
  • preparing journal entries
  • maintaining balance sheet schedules and ledgers
  • account and bank reconciliations
• Processing of accounting records
• Preparation of accounting reconciliations and trial balances
• Providing input into the design and operation of financial and management information systems
• Conducting internal audit
• Bank reconciliations
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Preparation of various reports
• Other ad-hoc finance related duties
• Soft copy and hard copy filing
• Attending to queries

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (accounting or finance)
• 5 years or more financial/accountant experience
• CPA or equivalent certification is advantageous
• Experience in leading change initiatives
• Experience working on various accounting software, including Sage Pastel, would be advantageous, Google Workspace and MS Office

Skills and behavioural success factors

• Attention to detail: Ability to pay maximum attention to data and be able to spot patterns, errors and ensure accuracy.
• Problem Solving: Ability to accurately define a problem, identify the root cause of the problem, generate workable solutions for the problem, and select and successfully implement the most appropriate solution to solve the problem
• Analytical skills: demonstrate the ability to analyse data or information and be able to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on the stats
• Time Management: To effectively plan/schedule, coordinate and execute own program and work following business priorities
• Information Management: Ability to effectively use the information for management purposes, to gather/organize/capture relevant information to support sound decision-making, to correctly extract data from an existing database/MIS, extrapolate data to determine trends and do trends analysis, and to properly and appropriately compile a management report
• Verbal, Non-Verbal, and Written Communication skills: Ability to effectively interact with an individual/group, using appropriate verbal, non-verbal or written communication at the required level, and sending out/receiving a clear message in the intended way

Members of staff are expected to demonstrate a commitment to work within the values, Christian ethos and mission of the school.

To apply for this position, please complete the application using this link Job Application - Accountant by no later than the close of business Monday, 20 January 2025.

At St John’s College, we are committed to proactive safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children. All staff and volunteers who have access to children will be vetted in accordance with the St John’s College safeguarding policy. This policy stipulates that staff and volunteers are required to undergo all the necessary background checks in keeping with the requirements for safeguarding and child protection in South Africa and all staff perform duties in accordance with our school’s HR Policies.

The school reserves the right not to proceed with the filling of the post. The appointment of candidates is at the sole discretion of St John’s College, taking into account factors such as St John’s College Employment Equity Policy. Applications are welcomed from South African citizens only or persons with a valid work permit. An application will not in itself entitle the applicant to an interview or appointment and failure to meet the minimum requirements of the advertised post will result in applicants automatically disqualifying themselves from consideration. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from St John’s College within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful in your application

St John’s College, in line with POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) will attempt to ensure the confidentiality of all applicants for this role. All reasonable measures will be in place to protect personal information but will be used in the recruitment, selection, and reporting process. By submitting your application for this position, you are recognising and accepting this disclaim