Breede Valley Municipality is a local municipality established in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998, with its registered office and principal place of business at cnr Baring- and High Street, Worcester, Western Cape Province
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Perform accounting duties by coordinating, compiling, analysing, monitoring, and controlling activities associated with the payroll processes through the implementation of laid down policies, standard operating procedures, regulations, and legislation.
Duties:
Keep abreast of GRAP standards legislative, regulatory and National & Provincial Treasury guidelines for expenditure management.
Maintains and coordinates accounting and information system that accounts for the liabilities of the municipality (PAYE, SDL & UIF).
Implement departmental accounting policies, standard operating procedures and processes.
Co-ordinate procedures and processes associated with preparation and consolidation of expenditure accounts and evaluation of performance against the approved budget.
Review all salary changes (allowances, benefits, etc.) on the payroll system, Masterfile received from subordinate.
Review resignations, dismissals, and all changed information on the payroll system
Reviewing and coordinating financial administration regarding pension funds, external loans, housing subsidies/bonds, car allowances, group life insurance, unemployment insurance fund, court orders and medical aid deductions.
Verify and review the relevant deductions on the employee payslips such as Municipal Accounts and council agreements by referring to the appropriate source documentation in line with internal policies.
Ensure that the payroll system is efficiently administere with laid down standard operating procedures and guidelines.
Oversees the preparation, reconciling and payment of Salaries related payments.
Reconcile all Salary related control accounts on financial system to General Ledger.
Verify the payment of monthly salaries.
Ensure records are up to date, reflective of the activities of the sections and made available to support transactional sequences and applications.
Ensure that municipality maintains the system of internal control of liabilities and comply with Statutory requirements.
Ensure the compliance in terms of the COIDA ACT.
Ensure that effective communication is promoted between all stakeholders to enhance service delivery.
Ensure smooth and proper Year-end closing.
Ensure acceptable levels of productivity and performance standards are maintained.
Minimum Requirements:
National Diploma in Finance or Accounting
3 years’ experience
Computer skills (MS Office Applications)
Supervisory skills
Good accounting (numerical) and calculating skills
Fluency in at least two (2) of the three (3) official languages in the Western Cape
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