Finance & Administrative Assistant

Key Responsibilities

Finance & Accounting – 70%

1. Reviewing and processing requisitions and reimbursement claims.

2.Assisting the investment team with credit control processes, budget planning, and expense analysis.

3.Maintaining a digital record of all financial transactions, documents, and supplier information.

4.Process loan disbursements, ensuring all necessary approvals and processing steps are complete

5.Monitor loan repayments, reconciling them across various transaction channels, and keeping the portfolio

management team updated with accurate information.

Administration-30%

1. Ensuring the office is stocked with necessary supplies and that all equipment is working and properly maintained.

2.Planning, scheduling, and promoting office events, including meetings, conferences, interviews, orientations, and

training sessions.

3.Manage office premises and ensure it provides a safe and productive working environment.

Qualifications

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, with a major in business, finance, accounting or economics. ACCA or CPA qualification is an

added advantage.

• 2-3 years of experience in a finance and admin role, preferably in a financial institution

Skills + Capabilities

• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting

Principles (GAAP)

• Hands-on experience with accounting softwares like QuickBooks
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills

SHONA Foundational Skills

These are core foundational skills that apply to all members of our team.

• Independence/Self Starter – Ability to assess and initiate things independently. Ability to manage a growing

task/project without much guidance or structure. A person who is sufficiently motivated or ambitious to work

on their own initiative without needing direction. Shows Initiative and is proactive in taking action.

• Business Acumen – Ability to understand how a business operates and makes money, and to proactively

anticipate, navigate and leverage trends impacting the business.

• Proven at accomplishing results – Diligent executor, result driven and methodical in their execution.
• Team collaborator – Ability to work as a team to achieve the common goal.
• Life-long learner – Has a growth mindset, is curious and demonstrates a commitment to continued learning

and development

• Intellectual curiosity – The desire to want to know more, to poke around in blind spots and new areas, to

make connections between different challenges and opportunities to cross-pollinate ideas.

• Resilience and perseverance – The ability to thrive in a variety of circumstances.
• High emotional intelligence – Self-aware, self-regulated, strong interpersonal skills, curious about people and

empathetic.

• Relationship building – Ability to quickly build rapport and engagement with people, including listening and

clear communication.

• Analytical skills – Ability to collect, gather, visualize and analyze information in detail and see a problem or

situation from different points of view. Analytical skills allow you to solve complex problems by making

decisions in the most effective way.

• Project management – Ability to plan, execute, coordinate – leading to completion of the work of a team,

achieving specific goals and meet specific success criteria in the required timeframe

• Technology Savvy – Ability to use a computer and online tools to support effective delivery of SHONA work,

including but not limited to Google Drive, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint and Email.

SHONA Values

We are a values-driven organization, and we love to work with people that share these values:

• We are People focused
• We Do and Do better
• We Bet on potential
• We are Bold and Courageous
• We are Honest and Transparent

How to Apply

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Closing Date

This is a rolling application process, we will keep the position open until we find the right candidate for the roll. We

estimate that the full process will take 4 weeks from initial submission of your application to final decision.

SHONA Capital is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. It is

our policy to ensure that no applicant for employment at SHONA Capital receives less favourable treatment than

another on grounds of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion, or sexual orientation, or is disadvantaged

by requirements or conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable irrespective of the age, disability, gender,

marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation of the person to whom it is applied.