The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development, and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for societal impact in the context of the changing social, political, and economic fortunes of Africa”.

• Contribute to the completion and integration of financial aspects of the faculties’ and divisions’ Strategic Plans.
• Contribute to strategic discussions and the development of operating financial plans within faculties and divisions.
• Always the first point of client contact for all domain- specific financial matters to the management of a particular environment/s.
• Pro-actively identifying financial trends that may affect a client environment and communicating such trends to the environment’s management at the first opportunity, along with advice as to how to possibly deal with the implication/s of the trend/s.
• Pro-actively / pre-emptively identifying and responding to client needs for financial information.
• Accountable for client training in all matters financial.
• Accountable for all financial reporting to clients, as in communicating the contents of financial reports, for all cost centres , budget and non-budget.
• Accountable for attending and actively participating in all client meetings where financial matters are discussed.
• Accountable for the communication of the financial elements of strategic initiatives.
• Accountable for communicating the full details of the budget process to clients.
• Accountable for reporting on all domain specific financial activities including core business/accounting, financial management, purchasing, / procurement, teaching, research, fundraising, collaborative partnerships, and new business generation.
• Accountable for the costing of minor (
• Accountable for the initiation of budget line transfers for implementation by Management Accountants and share responsibility with the latter for implementation of budget line transfers.
• Accountable for ensuring accurate and timely processing of all operational and correctional journals
• Accountable for end-to-end query resolution in respect of all financial matters in the serviced environment/s.
• Accountable for reconciliations as may be required.
• Accountable for presenting management accounts to clients and provide relevant domain specific commentary/input required by the management accountants for their institutional reporting (these accounts are created by Management Accountants).
• Asset Management – planning for acquisition by client/s and contributing to disposal in liaison with SCM.
• Ensure attainment of desired results in a cost effective and timely manner to agreed quality standards.
• Ensure that university policies and procedures are interpreted and implemented across the faculties and divisions.
• Accountable for the full administration and management of internal and external research grants/projects in the area of responsibility.
• Accountable for all general financial advisory and risk management outputs in respect of the client environments.
• Ensure that university policies and procedures are interpreted and implemented across the faculties and divisions serviced.
• Implement internal control points or recommendations raised by external and internal auditors.
• Check validity of expenditure against UJ policies and procedures and engage with domain management on deviations.
• Coordinate all domain specific (Agreed Upon Procedures) AUPs
• Coordinate institution wide AUPs as required.
• Assist Management Accounting and other Centres of Excellence (CoE) to respond internal and external audit requests for information, as far as these relate to own area of responsibility.
• Uphold the University ethics.
• Contribute to the improvement of other finance processes and services.
• Participate in various finance projects and assist the project team/s as and when required.
• Evaluate service provision, recommend, and implement innovative solutions to improve service quality, business efficiency and continuity, and introduce long term, sustainable improvements.
• Assist in the implementation of process changes, to ensure efficient operation of the processes by which the faculties and divisions’ support services are delivered.

• BCom degree in Finance or Accounting
• At least three years’ working experience in a financial environment up to compiling financial statements and reports
• Financial Management experience
• Management of Financial Projects
• Business principles and processes

• Critical to the success of a Financial Business Partner is the ability to communicate their message, to understand their client and their client’s “business” and to deliver information in a clear and user friendly manner. This mix of analytical, “business” and communication skills are at the heart of successful finance business partnering.
• Business principles and processes
• Ethical
• Budget compilation and control process
• Electronic Financial Processing System (Oracle, ITS, GL, Wand, I-Procurement)
• Accounting Principles in practice
• A good understanding of policies and procedures
• Reconciliation between different modules and systems
• Written and verbal communication conflict resolution
• Ability to make quick and effective decisions
• React proactively to issues
• Manage own time and for others
• Identify and resolve problems
• Plan effectively for both short and long term
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to influence the client relationship positively.
• Relationship Management
• Operational awareness

• Honours degree in Accounting/ Financial Management
• Knowledge of financial packages for example Oracle, GL Wand and IDU
• Experience of a tertiary educational environment