Assistant Director: Fund Management at Department of Higher Education and Training

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate bachelor’s degree/ national diploma (NQF level 6) in Financial Management/ Accounting. A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of work experience in financial management, accounting, or auditing in the private or public sector with at least three (3) years at a supervisory level. Further skills and competency requirements related to strategic capability and leadership, budgeting, and financial management, problem solving and analysis, Knowledge management and technical proficiency, quality management, monitoring and evaluation, negotiations and stakeholder engagement and communication management, change management and people management and empowerment. 

DUTIES :

• Provide financial management support to NSF team project managers and skills development providers for the portfolio of skills development projects funded by NSF, Perform financial due diligence during the initiation of new skills development projects; Perform financial monitoring of the portfolio of projects including monitoring project expenditure against actual performance and approved budget; Perform financial reporting for the portfolio of projects during the execution and close-out thereof.
• Check and approve project payment drawdown requests; Prepare relevant financial workbooks, and develop monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports; Provide the expenditure forecasting for a portfolio of projects; Maintain a central filling system for all project financial documents for use by the Auditor General of South Africa and internal audit; Participate as an active member of the NSF financial team. Supervise a team of financial officers/clerks responsible for project financial administration. Allocate and review work of junior staff to ensure accuracy, completeness and adherence to deadlines. Provide on the job training and mentoring junior staff on policies, systems and procedures. Liaise with internal support units e.g. HR and supply chain on routine administrative matters affecting the fund management unit.