Deputy Director: Database Development & Management at National Treasury

Purpose of the Role

• To provide accurate and reliable financial data to the general sphere of government for analysis, policy formulation and reporting in compliance with legislation pertaining to domestic and international reporting standards and requirements.

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Information Technology;
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in budgeting and the preparation of consolidated statistics;
• Experience in utilising the Microsoft suite of products with specific emphasis on SQL, SharePoint and Excel;
• Experience in SQL Integration Services. Experience in database querying and integration of data sets from various platforms; 
• Experience in working with large data sets;
• Experience in the budgeting process of government; and
• Experience in utilising economic reporting formats.

Key Performance Areas
Database Development & Management:

• Develop, manage and maintain a formal database on housing revenue and expenditure data pertaining to the budget- cycle;
• Apply data model changes to the database to enhance data management and improve efficiency of data extraction and reporting; and
• Design and implement ETL (extract, transform and load) packages and scripts to automate data processes from distributed systems.

Data Analysis and Techniques:

• Develop and enhance the maintenance of data analysis tools and data collection templates to improve analysis techniques and processes;
• Maintain and update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, and methods;
• Enhance processes and procedures regarding data extraction from financial systems for reporting purposes;
• Provide technical support to internal and external clients on data analysis tools and techniques;
• Identify new data sources and integration of data from various platforms to broaden data coverage and improve data analysis;
• Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users; and
• Provide technical support and subject matter expertise in the development and enhancement of reporting systems to improve accuracy and integrity of data for internal and external usage.

Compliance with Legislative and International Requirements:

• Provide data for integration in the Treasury publications and other working documents; and
• Align classification standards, circulars and practise notes consistent with legislation.

Compliance to Local and International Standards:

• Apply changes to the Economic Reporting Format and the Standard Chart of Accounts to data, Improve the integrity of data usage provided by National Treasury, for the utilisation of other institutions (SARB and Stats SA);
• Align budget and programme structure process of national and provincial departments for processing and implementation on transversal financial systems used by Government; and
• Manage documenting of specifications for business intelligence or information technology (IT) reports, dashboards, or other outputs.

Closing Date: 10 November 2025