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

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

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

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

Behavioural Competencies