We are pleased to announce an incredibly exciting opportunity to join our Global Business Services team in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role you are expected to assist the Business Services Specialist in supporting the Commercial teams and Head Office Finance and Procurement teams with all Business Services activities in local outstation. The selected candidate will be responsible for Southern Africa Region, supporting the Business Services specialist in ensuring Payroll & Outstation finance activities are in a consistent manner, while supporting the Commercial teams, Head Office Finance and Procurement teams with all Business Services activities in local outstation.
In this role you are expected to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in relation to all Business Services activities that enable the Commercial, Cargo and Ground Services team to undertake their business, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the operational and QR revenue generating teams. Actively participate in building strong relationships and maintain good communication with Head Office functions of Finance and Procurement to ensure efficiency of processes and continuous improvements supporting them from an outstation perspective as required.
Key Accountabilities
- Responsible for payroll & outstation finance activities as defined in the GBS scope of services
- Able to follow and understand local payroll practice, processes, requirements, local labor law changes all in cooperation with outsourced consultant
- Ensuring Accounting Quality Assessments KPIs are achieved every month
- Responsible for staff expense claims & duty travel payments
- Assist in verifying all commercial support related invoices against contracts and Purchase orders
- Responsible for maintaining Petty Cash disbursement and float.
- Coordinate and assist to HO Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Tax unit and Treasury unit on information raised by each unit.
- Able to generate and analysis on financial reports.
- Management of cash handling for CTOs and verification of Daily sales reports
- Support User department by ensuring GL codes, Taxes and Pos are accurate.
- Take active participation in station procurement, identify local potential service provider, obtain quote, analysis and prepare cost evaluation sheet, process purchase order and contract with service provider.
- Maintain station database like list of Contract, records of payment made to comply local requirement, Maintain staff and other Insurance related records.
- Able to generate and analysis on financial report.
- Management of cash handling for CTOs (where applicable) including daily cash sales verification against Bank Statements, Daily Sales Report checking, reconciling sales figures with merchant statement and bank statement for local card collections, daily reconciliation of physical cash with Amadeus sales report.
- Working with User Department to monitor and manage costs and review cost variances, reconciling spends versus budget.
- Support local station with administrative tasks as required ensuring smooth running of the station.
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. Youll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve whats never been done before.
Together, everything is possible
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will need.
- Bachelors Degree
- 4 years similar work experience
- Basic Accounting & finance experience
- Procurement, finance, office management or shared services experience.
- Should be Fluent in English & local language.
- Should have knowledge of the local law/regulation/tax legislation and basic HR knowledge
- Payroll experience and understanding of local tax regulations is required
- Previous experience handling Payroll is preferred.
- Airline experience will be an advantage for the candidate.
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. Weve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We dont slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve whats never been done before. So, whether youre creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
