The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has opened several exciting career opportunities for November 2025. If you are an experienced finance, accounting or executive support professional looking to contribute to South Africa’s development finance mandate, now is the ideal time to apply. Below you can explore full details for the Cashbook Administrator, Fund Accountant, Manager Office Support, and Executive Support Lead Coordinator positions and submit your application before the closing dates.
Vacancy Overview
| Employer | Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) |
|---|---|
| Closing Date | 26 November 2025 (earliest closing: 20 November 2025) |
| Location | Gauteng, South Africa |
Cashbook Administrator (Job number IDC00642)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (24 months)
Region: Gauteng
IDC Job Grade: A Band
Closing Date: 26 November 2025
Purpose of the Role
To perform basic accounting and administration functions with a strong focus on bank reconciliations, petty cash, and cashbook-related processes.
Key Duties
Banking
- Reconcile and analyse ABSA, FNB and Standard Bank statements daily
- Check and follow up general ledger bank clearing accounts
- Clear open items and maintain general ledger accounts
- Handle ad-hoc bank queries
- Prepare SAP reconciliations daily and print reports
- Park cashbook journals
- Perform general admin (photocopying, faxing, emailing information to departments)
Loans Taken and Support Programme Industrial Innovation (SPII)
- Ensure invoices are correctly authorised
- Prepare payment runs on Accounts Payable (SPII)
- Process payments on loans taken
- Maintain and print monthly statements
- Prepare monthly treasury report for SPII
Petty Cash
- Process monthly petty cash for regional offices
- Resolve general expense queries
- Allocate all receipts and payments to correct general ledger codes
Filing
- General filing and archiving of all documentation
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- National Diploma in Finance, Accounting or equivalent
- 2–5 years’ experience in:
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Bank Reconciliations
- Petty Cash
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
- Prior SAP experience preferable
- Sound accounting knowledge and understanding of general ledger journals
Competencies
- Strong attention to detail and numerical analysis
- Good time management and ability to work under pressure
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and consistently
- Ability to liaise with internal and external clients
How to Apply for Cashbook Administrator
Apply online via IDC careers portal:
Apply for Cashbook Administrator (IDC00642)
Fund Accountant (Job number IDC00643)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (24 months)
Region: Gauteng
IDC Job Grade: P Band
Closing Date: 26 November 2025
IDC is committed to equality, employment equity and diversity. Preference may be given to candidates from underrepresented designated groups, in line with IDC’s employment equity goals.
Purpose of the Role
To provide financial reporting and management for 3rd party funds that IDC manages or administers, ensuring accurate application of accounting frameworks and fund governance.
Key Duties
Daily Tasks
- Act as checker and releaser for IDC payments (Accounts Payable process)
- Post all fund-related transactions into SAP
- Calculate expected fund returns in line with fund department requirements and maintain these in SAP
- Prepare or review journals and authorised payments for posting
- Review payment proposals
- Provide financial support and advice to fund managers
- Assist with ad-hoc tasks as required
Monthly Tasks
- Provide monthly cash updates to fund managers (inflows, disbursements, commitments – monthly dashboard)
- Update/review interest on IDC company as well as each fund
- Reconcile cash balances for 3rd party funds
- Review and post fund journals and payments
- Report on 3rd party funds and cash balances
Quarterly Tasks
- Record IMC (ECL) adjustments for loan funds (e.g. MCEP, KIPP, CTFLGP)
- Prepare quarterly financial updates (quarterly dashboard) for fund reporting
- Monitor collateral relating to loan funds
Annual Tasks
- Prepare annual financial statements in line with relevant accounting frameworks
- Manage external audits for each fund (liaising with Loans, FAV, CSG, Risk etc.)
- Maintain IFRS 9 compliance for loan funds, including day 1 calculations and modifications
- Prepare annual cash balance confirmations for IDC audit
- Manage impairment and fair value of financial instruments
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Accounting or related field
- CA(SA) advantageous
- 5 years’ experience in private sector or DFI environment with strong IFRS exposure
- Knowledge of public sector regulations and PFMA (desirable)
- Experience with IFRS 9 and expected credit loss accounting (desirable)
- Experience working with internal and external auditors
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- SAP and SAPDM skills (desirable)
How to Apply for Fund Accountant
Apply online via IDC careers portal:
Apply for Fund Accountant (IDC00643)
Manager Office Support (Job number IDC00644)
Contract Type: Permanent
Region: Gauteng
IDC Job Grade: P Band
Closing Date: 23 November 2025
IDC is committed to equality, employment equity and diversity. Preference may be given to candidates from underrepresented designated groups.
Purpose of the Role
- Provide comprehensive and strategic support to the Divisional Executive by overseeing day-to-day operational matters and supporting long-term planning, execution, and measurement of developmental and deal activities.
- Serve as a strategic advisor and counsel to the Divisional Executive.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Financial / Shareholder Returns
- Manage divisional budget and cost centres
- Consolidate and analyse budget reports
- Assist with financial reporting and comparative analysis
Internal / Operational Processes
- Take day-to-day responsibility for strategic projects and tasks
- Coordinate execution of strategic initiatives across the division
- Build and maintain cross-departmental relationships
- Filter and assess enquiries directed to Divisional Executive and delegate appropriately
- Participate in divisional strategy formulation and implementation
- Provide support on policy and governance matters
- Support client experience management framework (process optimisation, digitisation, complaints management, and service levels)
- Assist with MIS reporting on divisional operational activities
- Monitor divisional performance and support corrective interventions
- Generate ideas for cross-functional process improvement
- Draft speeches and presentations for the Divisional Executive
- Participate in corporate strategic initiatives/projects
- Undertake research and provide specialist operational advice to the Divisional Executive
Corporate Strategic Alignment
- Support corporate initiatives and project delivery
- Monitor and evaluate divisional strategic priorities and reporting
Customer Focus and Stakeholder Management
- Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Manage client queries requiring policy or high-level responses
Learning, Leadership & People Growth
- Keep up to date with sector developments (conferences, forums)
- Promote knowledge sharing and best practice
- Provide coaching and mentoring where appropriate
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Tax
- Postgraduate degree advantageous
- 5–8 years’ experience in relevant discipline
- Experience in:
- Financial Analysis / Investment Management / State-Owned Entities and/or Development Finance
- Regulatory, legislative and governance principles
- Understanding of sustainable banking, ESG requirements (advantageous)
- Familiarity with IDC’s mandate and board submissions/presentations
- Strong self-leadership and alignment to IDC values
- Experience in high-level, agile, collaborative environments
- Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong communication (written and verbal)
- Highly organised, persistent, and goal-driven
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, advanced Excel and PowerPoint
- SAP experience (advantageous)
How to Apply for Manager Office Support
Apply online via IDC careers portal:
Apply for Manager Office Support (IDC00644)
Executive Support Lead Coordinator (Job number IDC00641)
Contract Type: Permanent
Region: Gauteng
IDC Job Grade: P Band
Closing Date: 20 November 2025
IDC is committed to equality, employment equity and diversity, and may give preference to candidates from underrepresented designated groups, in line with its employment equity plan.
Purpose of the Role
- Act as strategic and operational integrator within the Office of the CEO.
- Ensure seamless coordination of internal workflows, executive support and governance activities.
- Provide high-level executive support, including advanced diary management, meeting preparation and strategic scheduling.
- Serve as a central coordination point for internal and external engagements.
- Enable quality assurance for all outputs from the Office of the CEO (briefing notes, reports, correspondence, speeches, etc.).
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Strategic Coordination and Internal Liaison
- Coordinate internal workflows, documentation, and task tracking across the Office
- Liaise between the Office and internal forums (Exco, Board Committees, Strategy, Secretariat, etc.)
- Track follow-ups and commitments using tools such as Microsoft Planner and SharePoint
- Engage stakeholders to understand requests and propose appropriate responses
- Analyse administrative/business needs and recommend solutions
Executive Support and Diary Management
- Manage protocol, travel, and meeting logistics for the Office
- Lead and manage the Office calendar with strategic prioritisation
- Prepare meeting packs, pre-briefs, and post-meeting summaries
- Coordinate events, stakeholder engagements and workshops
- Align diary and engagements with governance cycles and corporate priorities
Quality Assurance and Communications Coordination
- Review and quality-check all outgoing documents for tone, format and strategic alignment
- Maintain document templates, branding and version control
- Support communications calendar including speech inputs and messaging
- Ensure consistent, professional outputs from the Office of the CEO
Reporting and Governance Support
- Support the preparation and timely submission of reports and dashboards
- Support board packs, resolution trackers and parliamentary submissions
- Maintain central repository of key governance documents
Execution, Alignment and Delivery
- Suggest improvements for managing operational and administrative demands of the CEO’s Office
- Coordinate information and responses that align with strategic deliverables
- Drive critical thinking, analysis, and ownership of outcomes
- Ensure all responses align with IDC policies and procedures
- Optimise service delivery in line with IDC’s customer service charter
Resource Management / Optimisation
- Prepare annual budgets as required
- Track, monitor and report on budget outcomes and variances
- Resolve budget variances and drive cost efficiency
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree (e.g. Public Administration, Business, Political Science)
- Postgraduate qualification (advantageous)
- Project Management qualification (advantageous)
- 5–8 years’ experience in executive support, strategic coordination or governance
- Experience supporting C-suite/Board-level executives
- Exposure to public sector, development finance or regulated environments (advantageous)
- Strong managerial, leadership and interpersonal skills
- High emotional intelligence and discretion
- Proven track record interacting with senior management
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and build relationships
- Excellent written communication and editing skills
- Analytical skills to distil complex documents into executive-level insights
- Advanced Microsoft 365 skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Planner)
- Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement capabilities
How to Apply for Executive Support Lead Coordinator
Apply online via IDC careers portal:
Apply for Executive Support Lead Coordinator (IDC00641)