Manager: Budget & Expenditure

Closing Date: 05 November 2021
Salary: 403 135.32 - 679 293.00 PA

MIMUMUM REQUIREMENTS
- B Degree in Finance / Accounting or Equivalent Accounting Qualification. (NQF 7)
- Minimum Competency Qualification for financial officials as per Government notice 40593 National Treasury no. 91 dated 3 February 2017
- High level of proficiency in Ms Excel & Municipal financial system preferably Phoenix
- Knowledge and experience in MSCOA
- Code B Drivers License
- Knowledge of Local Government Legislation
- Good communication skills and Conflict management skills;
- Must be able to handle highly pressurized situations.
- Proficient in at least two official languages of the Western Cape (Afrikaans, English or Isi Xhosa)
- Exposure in financial reporting, drafting of budget and AFS
EXPERIENCE
- Five (5) years municipal finance experience of which three (3) years must be at middle management
level as an accountant (perferably in the Expenditure Department or Budget Office.)
RECOMMENDATION:
- Ability to draft AFS
DUTIES
- Develop and implement expenditure policies and procedures.
- Manage and control the expenditure department including the budget office through;
- Sound and accountable cashflow management, Costing Services
- Maintain Grant Register, prepare statistical reports for Management, Provincial & National Treasury
- Scrutinise and authorise expenditure transactions and salary runs.
- Provide advice and guidance on the budget, financial reporting en expenditure processes.
- Manage and control the implementation of budget policies, systems and procedures, financial
statement processes:
- Administer budgeting processes, planning, compilation & reporting, overall budget control, reconciliations and control accounting procedures
- Prepare and compile Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and implement procedures, systems and controls to ensure compliance to all relevant accounting standards.
- Ensure that the MSCOA, GRAP and National Treasury standards and guidelines be implemented with regard to Budget, Reporting and virement processes.
- Ensure compliance with the Budget and Reporting Regulations
- Functional and administrative liaison with managerial staff of government and provincial
departments, Internal and External Auditors, other local authorities, and consultants.
- Manage and Control the personnel in the Expenditure Department.
SALARY T14 - T16 DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE R 403 135.32 – R 679 293 p a
Benefits eg. medical aid scheme, pension fund, grouplife scheme, housing subsidy, 13th cheque.