Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School (GHS) is a leading school for girls, providing education from Grades 8 to 12. The school has consistently been rated as one of the top 25 public schools in South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 and continues to provide an outstanding education for young women in the academic, cultural and sporting fields.

The Finance Manager (FM) is responsible to plan, direct and oversee GHS’s financial activities and to develop the financial business objectives, overall financial policies, procedures and practices. Their role is to extract and interpret information from financial records, advise on strategic direction, advise managers on daily financial decisions of the school, advise the Finance Committee and Governing Body, control the working capital of the school, and ensure that information regarding debtors, creditors and stocks is maintained. A key area is the management of the debtors, collections and exemptions for the financial well‑b...