Assistant Director: Financial Management at Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure

Key Performance Areas

• Manage payments and accounts: Implement payments and accounts strategy, policy and procedures. Implement and monitor internal controls relating to payments and accounts. Monitor the payments due to the supplier is paid on time within 30 days. Advice on fruitless, wasteful and unauthorized expenditure. Verify the reconciled supplier statements against payments. Authorise payment of vouchers. Attend to audit queries in relation to accounts and expenditure.
• Manage Salaries: Implement salary strategy, policy and procedures. Authorize all salaries transaction of the district. Provide PERSAL administration in salary enquiries and reports. Monitor submission of taxpayers IRP 3A to SARS. Identify and specify state liabilities on pension fund. Manage and submit signed payroll to Head Office.
• Manage Revenue: Implement revenue strategy, policy and procedures. Confirm deposit on receipt batches. Provide revenue collection. Confirms deposit in the BAS system. Collecting all money due to state. Revenue collected and deposited in time.
• Monitor budget: Align the budget according to the needs of line managers. Monitor the spending pattern. Advice on over/under spending of budget. Render budget classification.
• Manage debt recovery: Analysis district finance in relation to debt management. Identify debts to be recovered. Notify the employee on the intension to recover the debt. Monitor the opening of debt file for relevant employer. Liaise with head office in updating BAS records. Monitor the closing of Debt files.
• Manage resource (Human, Financial and Equipment): Monitor and report on the utilisation of equipment’s. Evaluate and monitor performance and appraisal of employees. Ensure capacity and development of staff. Enhance and maintain employee motivation and cultivate a culture of performance management. Manage discipline. Provide job descriptions to subordiates. Manage division leave matters.

Prerequisites

• Grade 12/ Matric and a qualification at NQF level 7 in Financial Management/ Management Accounting as recognised by SAQA.
• Three (03) years’ experience at supervisory level/ Senior /State Accountant/ Senior / Admin Officer in financial Management environment. Valid driver’s license, with the exception of applicants with disabilities

Person Profile

• Knowledge of relevant Public Service Acts, regulations and frameworks. Knowledge and understanding of policy analysis, development and interpretation. Treasury Regulations.
• Knowledge and understanding of the following: - Supply Chain Management procedures. Procurement Procedures. PFMA. DORA. PPPFA. Problem solving and analysis. Decision making. Team leadership. Creativity, Financial management, Customer focus and responsiveness, Communication, Computer skills, People management, Planning and organising.