Finance Intern

Gender Links, a Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg specialising in gender, media, women’s rights and governance, seeks a young person for internship with its Corporate Services Unit.

Tasks:

• Processing payments and ensuring proper control of the supporting documents for payments and financial reports;
• Banking;
• Capturing entries into the main ledger;
• Filing of all finance and admin documents;
• Petty cash payments and reconciliations;
• Attending to queries from staff and suppliers
• General administration, including follow up with suppliers on outstanding issues/invoices;
• Asset verification and tagging in preparation for the external audit
• Assisting the Financial Manager at all times as required;

Skills:

• Working towards obtaining tertiary education with specialised certification in accounting or finance;
• Interest in accounting in the NGO sector;
• Experience in Microsoft office programmes and knowledge of spreadsheets;
• Experience in pastel accounting software will be an advantage,
• Good administrative and inter personal skills;
• IT proficiency;
• Able to handle pressure and is dynamic to change;

General conditions:
This internship is for a period of six months, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. A minimum stipend will be offered. Applications must be submitted by close of business (COB) Friday 3 February 2012. A letter of motivation from learning institution, CVs and references should be sent to: hr@genderlinks.org.za  or fax 27 (0) 11- 622 4732. For further enquiries please contact Vivien Bakainaga on 27 (0) 11 622 2877. Only short listed and successful candidates will be contacted.