Nova Pioneer is looking for a superstar Finance Assistant to help manage its Accounting & Reporting function for a short stint of 3 months as a maternity reliever. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of an innovative network of schools that is developing generations of innovators and leaders who will shape the African Century.
ABOUT NOVA PIONEER
Imagine a world in which every young person across Africa attends a school that truly sets them up for success in the 21st century. A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them.
A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content. At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life. Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, enquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”. It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation and collaboration. Nova Pioneer currently has 13 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade. To learn more visit www.novapioneer.com.Responsibilities
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- Liquidity Management :Ensure that the company has
sufficient liquidity to settle all its obligations as they become due. To
accomplish this task you will need to be able to forecast spending &
receipts 1-3 months in advance, and provide insights to management
regarding any gaps or opportunities for wealth maximization that might
arise
- Supplier Management Weekly processing of payment
requests to ensure timely payment of all obligations, Weekly review of AP
aging within guidance, and follow up for older balance to come up with
resolutions
- General Ledger
Management: Weekly
posting of each week’s transactions
- Compliance: Monthly filing of withholding
& VAT taxes
- Reconciliations: Weekly reconciliation of all
cash and cash equivalent accounts, Monthly statement reconciliation with
credit suppliers to ensure nil variances, Monthly reconciliation of
related party ledger accounts
- Reporting: Monthly reporting to the finance
& other teams on above responsibilities
- Training & Development
: Support
the development of an AP manual to guide AP processes, Lead team in
monthly activity that helps build Nova Pioneer Culture Principles in the
team
ABOUT YOU
Skills, Experience & Qualifications required:
- A
Bachelor’s Degree (in Business preferred)
- CPA (K) or Finalist or its
equivalent (ACCA, CA etc)
- A
minimum of 1-2 years of working experience.
- Experience in GL management –
specifically AP management.
- Experience
in a startup or in a company that gives you significant autonomy and
responsibility is a plus!
- Results
driven: goal oriented, moves fast and takes ownership of work.
- Have
strong skills working with data:
- Know
how to structure data in a compelling way
- Analyze
data to pull out key insights and trends &
- Make
data-driven decisions.
- Have
strong project management skills: able to juggle multiple tasks and meet
deadlines and targets.
- Excitement
about our organizational culture—and in particular, be fired up to
challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a fire-hose of
feedback.
- Ability
to treat all confidential information with the utmost professionalism.
How to Apply
Does working at Nova
Pioneer excite you? If so, then apply now!
Please note: Where a
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e.g. Microsoft Word may not result in the formatting transferring correctly to
the final resume. You are encouraged to attach your resume in Microsoft Word®
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All applications will be
reviewed and applicants notified of next steps within a week of this closing
date. There are a series of stages in the Nova Pioneer interview process and
candidates will be moved forward in the process depending on their success in
the previous stage. The process is as follows:
- Phone
interview: a short conversation to understand your skills and experience a
little better.
- Practical
demonstration of what you can do: you will complete a written task or a
demonstration related to the role you are applying for.
- In-person
interviews: at this point you will visit one of our schools to meet the
team and participate in a series of in-person interviews.
- Final
interview: you’ll have a final conversation with the hiring manager before
decisions are made.