INTERNATIONAL HIGH END JEWELLERY STORE REQUIRES A DYNAMIC JEWELLERY SALES CONSULTANT IN SOMERSET WEST

Please Note:

If you do not fit the specification with the minimum requirements your application will not be accepted for this position. Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete an Assessment or Test to demonstrate your knowledge of this position.

Requirements:

• Relevant Sales and Marketing Degree
• 3-4 Years sales experience in exclusive Jewellery or sales experience in a fashion retail environment
• Clear concise communication in both Afrikaans and English
• Proven track record in in-store sales and marketing experience is essential
• Exceptional customer service
• Must be well-groomed and presentable
• Valid code 8 driver’s license and own transport

 

Applicants must reside in SOMERSET WEST or surrounding area.

Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

 

Visit our website to view all of our current vacancies: www.mprtc.co.za

Remuneration:	negotiable Cost to company
Location:	Cape Town, Century City
Education level:	Diploma
Job level:	Senior
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#R110
Company:	Digioutsource

Job description

Purpose:

We are looking for a focused, self- motivated and dynamic individual to join our Software Development Team.  Reporting to the QA Team Lead, the successful candidate will ensure the testing needs for all supported projects are met in a timely manner and that all software products meet the quality levels set by Business. The Technical Tester will be responsible for the analysis, planning, execution and reporting of technical test related activities for developed business applications, ensuring that they are effectively tested against agreed functional and non-functional requirements prior to, and post production deployment. Our ideal candidate should have strong technical testing, interpersonal and communication skills, working diligently with Development and Product teams to deliver high quality software. 

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Review, analyse and identify test requirements based on the functional and design specifications from technical documentation (Business/Development briefs, Use Case Diagrams, Architectures and/or Integration Documents) and ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Working with Development & Product teams to understand the requirements and prepare QA documents pertaining to planning, design, implementation, execution and exit reporting.
• Proactively raise questions and seek resolution of outstanding clarifications required for testing.
• Create, document and maintain test plans/cases around new and existing business requirements and technical specifications.
• Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.
• Potential writing of custom test solutions (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
• Hold and facilitate test plan/case reviews with Testing, Development & Product Teams.
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
• Troubleshoot with development team to identify, replicate, verify and report defects
• Performance, Load & Stress testing.
• Setup and maintain Automation for monitoring and regression.
• Perform regression and ad-hoc testing of system components potentially affected by system changes.
• Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
• Communicate with Product Owners & PSA’s to ensure all QA projects are managed, tracked and delivered to customer expectations with highest quality standards, within required timelines.
• Provide management with metrics, analysis, and other relevant reports regarding the quality of testing.
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate immediately to management.
• Create and maintain constant communication and healthy working relationships between QA, Development and Product Teams.

 Essential Requirements:

• Excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Quality Management
• Software, Tools and Processes.
• Back End Testing Experience (Blackbox, Whitebox)
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of Visual Studio, JIRA and GIT.
• Good understanding of C# coding, SQL and mongodb
• Backend database testing, including validating stored procs, jobs and triggers.
• Knowledge of how to use Automation Tools & Frameworks such as Selenium, Nunit, SOAP UI, Postman, Visual
• Studio Test, Team City, etc
• Understanding and knowledge of how to setup & execute SOAP and REST API Testing.
• Creative solving of technical problems and ability to translate technical requirements into test plans.
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables – ensures the ability to find defects and bugs quickly.
• Familiarity with contemporary load/stress/performance/automation testing tools

Advantageous Requirements:

• Good general Development programing knowledge.
• Understanding of systems and architecture (DB’s, Servers, Networks etc.)
• Business process understanding.
• ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
• Have knowledge on domain specific applications (eg Kibana, RabbitMQ, Mongo)

Personal Competencies:

• Passion for achieving excellence in product quality and reliability.
• The ability to Push Back in a professional and effective manner – to defend or stand up for a project/deadline in order to keep expectations and Quality Standards.
• Strong mentoring/coaching skills.
• Demonstrate strong time management skills, prioritization, and an ability to multi-task (e.g. manage multiple test assignments).
• Process-oriented and driven to achieve strategic goals.
• Strong negotiation skills with aptitude to manage situations
• Strong analytical skills & attention to detail
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to make decisions and be accountable for decisions and actions
• Effective planning and organisation skills
• Copes well under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable in the face of changing priorities or circumstances
• Strong problem solving ability
• Quality Advocate takes ownership and accountability, ensuring deliverables meet high quality standards.

This position requires trust and honesty as it has access to financial details – therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted.

The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement, therefore a qualification verification check will be done.

By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

To view all current vacancies, please visit our website, www.digioutsource.com

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

Requirements

• Excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Quality Management
• Software, Tools and Processes.
• Back End Testing Experience (Blackbox, Whitebox)
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of Visual Studio, JIRA and GIT.
• Good understanding of C# coding, SQL and mongodb
• Backend database testing, including validating stored procs, jobs and triggers.
• Knowledge of how to use Automation Tools & Frameworks such as Selenium, Nunit, SOAP UI, Postman, Visual
• Studio Test, Team City, etc
• Understanding and knowledge of how to setup & execute SOAP and REST API Testing.
• Creative solving of technical problems and ability to translate technical requirements into test plans.
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables – ensures the ability to find defects and bugs quickly.
• Familiarity with contemporary load/stress/performance/automation testing tools

Posted on 15 Mar 17:43

Remuneration:	negotiable
Location:	Cape Town, Century City, Canal Walk
Job level:	Mid/Senior
Type:	Temporary
Reference:	#R194
Company:	Digital Outsource Services

Job description

The Department:

We are a dynamic and diverse group of individuals working together in a fast-paced environment, with the sole aim of providing accurate and useful financial information

As the Finance department, we deliver timeously to the senior management and shareholders of the organisation, to assist with their decision-making processes in driving the business.

Purpose of the Role:

This role is integral to the finance team and expansion into Africa. This role will focus on tax research in new and existing African countries, documentation of such tax regulation, forecasting for new and current business to ensure potential profitability ahead of entering such markets. This role will be required to work closely with in country managers, Head of New Markets and Head of Finance to ensure correct compliance with all statutory, regulatory and reporting requirements across the African group.

This role will also be required to do all reporting for the African business units to stakeholders on a monthly and annual basis.

This role will report into the Group Head of Finance / Group Finance Manager.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Reporting

• Monthly Reporting

–        Prepare monthly income statement and balance sheet reports with notes for management review ensuring all in balance and updated for any changes in group structure (Total group structure).

–        Prepare monthly reports for in country partners and stakeholders.

–        Post management review bursting of all monthly reports for stakeholders.

–        Review and report on intercompany billing and balances.

• Statutory Reporting

–        Preparation of annual consolidated financial statements including all notes.

–        Ensure consistent application of accounting policies across responsible entities and compliance to IFRS.

–        Annual tests for:

–   Fixed asset policies:

Periodic review to ensure compliance with IFRS (zero value assets in use, useful lives) and local tax authorities (e.g. Malta, UK etc).

–   Impairment:

Periodic test for impairment (Fixed assets, investments, goodwill, intangibles).

• Board reporting

–            Coordination of all information for board reports.

–            Ensure disclosure in group reporting complies with IFRS and aids in displaying decision useful information for example:

–       Sensitivity analysis per major market for:

–         Currency exposure;

–         Accepted purchases;

–         Processor receivables;

–         Interest, credit and market risk and reasons for changes; and

–        Liquidity risk and evaluation of working capital management across all groups (Cash flow vs liquidity and solvency ratio).

• Compliance reporting

–            All required reporting and submissions for regulated markets (eg Sweden, Switzerland etc).

–            All required reporting for all Gaming Authorities eg MGA.

–            Annual entity reports to administrators – Bellerive.

–            All reporting to be standardized across entities.

• Adhoc reporting as required by management

 

Accounting recording and reporting systems

• New business

–            Assist financial accountants and financial managers with new company set up for entities the statutory structure (organic or acquired) in Navision and Cognos ensuring consistency with all other entities.

–            Assistance with setting up new trial balances, vendors, banks, customers with responsible person.

–            Mapping new entities in Cognos and ensuring all reporting updated accordingly.

• Ongoing maintenance

–            Map all new accounts in Cognos and ensure consistency across all entities.

–            Ensure all trial balances are consistent especially, intergroup, receivables, payables and fees.

–       System maintenance

–       Create new GL accounts.

–       Open and close accounting periods in NAV.

–       Refresh single, multiple or all entities in Cognos.

–       Open and close GL accounts for posting.

–       Investigate errors in posting to NAV (various).

–       Keep Cognos mapping relevant.

–            Effective training of other team members on Cognos and for report building to ensure that each team member is able to complete month and year-ends to final reporting.

–           Loading of new Cognos KPI’s.

Taxation

–            Research of all taxation implications for operating in new regions.

–       Gaming tax and VAT, Corporate tax, normal VAT, withholding taxes, reverse VAT.

–       Benefits of any applicable double taxation treaties.

–       Benefits of tax structures such as head quarter companies and testing for compliance.

–            Prepare forecasts for management for potential new markets including all taxes in order to determine future profitability and breakeven points.

–            Preparation of tax memo’s for presentation to the relevant Board.

–            Keep abreast of any changes to all taxes.

–            All taxes to be recorded on a tax matrix and tax matrix to be maintained.

• Gaming VAT and taxation

–            Review gaming vat and tax calculations for all regions as prepared by the financial accountants.

–            Prepare taxation submissions for review by the relevant Finance Manager.

–            Submission of calculations via lawyers or website, request payment and follow through to completion before deadline.

–            Follow up on payment instruction to ensure taxes are paid before the deadline.

–            Assist with queries received from the relevant authorities and coordinate required information.

• Normal VAT

–            Review gaming vat and tax calculations for all regions as prepared by the financial accountants.

–            Prepare taxation submissions for review by the relevant Finance Manager

–            Submission of calculations via lawyers or website, request payment and follow through to completion prior to deadlines. Request financial accountants to match.

–            Follow up on payment instruction to ensure taxes are paid before the deadline.

–            Assist with queries received from the relevant authorities and coordinate required information.

• Corporate tax

–            Review monthly taxation accrual for tax entities

–            Prepare final tax calculations for review by the relevant financial manager

–            Submit corporate tax submission to the directors and auditors for review

–            Submission of return to the relevant tax authority and follow up on payments and receipts.

–            First review of all tax payments to submission.

–            Review monthly tax and vat vendors follow up on outstanding payments and unmatched items.

–           Set up and training of management accountants on any changes to taxes and taxes in new regions.

Audit reviews

• Year-end audit files (External)

–            Obtain audit fees across all groups and request new proposed audit fees for negotiation.

–            Prepare audit timeline and plan each year and agree with the auditors (Financial Manager to be involved).

–            Set up of all audit review meetings.

–            Research new IFRS and apply to annual financial statements where applicable.

–            Manage the audit process:

–       Upload all audit files onto audit portal.

–       Constant follow up with team leads and financial manager to ensure timely submission of files.

–       Assist in finalization of audit files and TB’s for submission to auditors.

–       Coordinate all audit queries received (send to team lead and follow up on outstanding items).

–       Maintain an audit query list to ensure all queries answered and to assist with the following years audit.

–       Drafting of financial statements for management and audit review.

–       Audit journals:

–         Track audit and client journals resulting from audits.

–         Post audit journals in the relevant entities and accounting periods.

–         Summarise journals and compare TBs after journals were posted to signed AFS.

–         Communicate journals to the relevant teams.

• Quarterly audit files (Internal)

–           Set up meetings for quarterly audit reviews for all groups.

Statutory

• Structures

–            Obtain and maintain relevant group structures.

–            Obtain an understanding of the group structures.

–            Agree all share capital to all relevant statutory documents and ensure that all investments are correctly recorded and consolidate out.

–            Maintain a director’s register for all entities in group structures.

–            Prepare and maintain a contract matrix for each group structure

–            Ensure that all contracts are saved by group structure and agree to invoicing, loan etc relationships.

–            Liaise with Finance Manager when new contracts are required.

–            Ensure old contracts have been cancelled.

–            Consider tax implications of contracts between entities.

–            Consider transfer pricing where billing across boarders.

–            Liaise with Lawyers to ensure that both parties hold the relevant contracts.

–            Provide templates for contracts / loans as required.

–            Distribute for signing, and follow up until completed.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• CA (SA) or ACCA or H Dip Tax
• Accounting reporting experience.
• Knowledge of IFRS.
• Minimum 2 years taxation experience.

Desirable Criteria:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience in Navision.

Person Specifications:

• Time Management
• Self-Awareness
• Commitment and Effort
• Bottom Line Focus
• Adaptability / Flexibility
• Learning, Collaboration And Knowledge Management
• Control And Efficiency
• Business Acumen

Posted on 15 Mar 17:12

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Remuneration:	Market related
Location:	Cape Town
Education level:	Degree
Job policy:	Employment Equity position
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#Ref. SSVO/066/0319
Company:	Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University 

Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD) Equality Unit

Coordinator: Communication and Marketing

(Ref. SSVO/066/0319) 

The Equality Unit (EqU) promotes collective action towards social justice and discourse regarding social asymmetries at Stellenbosch University. The Unit coordinates, educates and raises awareness around equality, gender, HIV/Aids, and anti-discrimination amongst students and staff on campus. The Unit is further responsible for the coordination and implementation of Stellenbosch University’s policies on Unfair Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and HIV/Aids. It also serves as a central walk-in service for students and staff managing reports of unfair discrimination and various forms of harassment. 

Duties:

This position entails the coordination of a comprehensive institutional marketing and communication equality and HIV strategy for Stellenbosch University that aims to realise an inclusive, value-driven campus, free from unfair discrimination, harassment and victimisation, as well as that the HIV prevention and support services needed for student and staff success are promoted. The post is aimed at establishing and strengthening SU’s leadership role with respect to equality and HIV (including gender and sexualities) through the use of communication and marketing. Duties include:

• Strenghtening SU’s leadership and institutional communications/marketing on equality, gender, sexualities and HIV within a framework of social justice, health and wellness;
• Coordinating and developing traditional and digital communications/marketing for the EqU and the CSCD.

Requirements:

• A postgraduate qualification in a communications or marketing-related field, or equivalent proven experience in those fields;
• A minimum of four years’ relevant work experience;
• Knowledge of strategic communication campaigns in a contemporary, digital and networked society;
• Proven understanding and experience in integrated marketing and communication operations;
• Knowledge and experience with social media and web-based platforms as a marketing and communication mechanism;
• Experience in writing media releases and articles;
• Knowledge of social justice issues;
• Fluent in two South African languages including English;
• Knowledge and experience in facilitation/training;
• Excellent interpersonal, time management, written and verbal communication skills;
• Advanced computer skills with regard to MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and social media;
• Ability to build and sustain relationships and networks with students and staff at all levels;
• The ability to take initiative and to function effectively under pressure.

Recommendations:

• Knowledge of communication protocols within the higher education environment;
• A third South African language.

Commencement of duties: 1 May 2019 or sooner

Closing date: 10 April 2019

Enquiries regarding the job content: Mr. Jaco Greeff Brink on 021 808 2865, or at

az.ca.nus@knirbgj

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753 

The University will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition of the staff corps, especially with regard to the appointment of suitable candidates from the designated groups.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. 

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and complete contact details of at least three referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers

Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates. 

Should no feedback be received from the University within four weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

Posted on 14 Mar 09:45