Deputy Director: PERSAL Maintenance and Implementation at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the following disciplines: Project Management or Business Management or Financial Management or Information Technology;
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in a project or business management environment;
• Knowledge of Transversal Systems and the dissemination of processes; and
• Knowledge and experience of the financial and transversal systems framework of government.?

Key Performance Areas

PERSAL Development, Maintenance, and Implementation:

• Manage the maintenance of system enhancements as required in line with policies and procedures;
• Analyse requests of proposed developments in enhancement to user requirements;
• Initiate piloting and quality assurance of proposed developments relating to system functionalities;
• Analyse and interpret policies and regulations determining the impact on HR & Auxiliaries and their implementation; and 
• Develop HR and Auxiliary, System Change Control for implementation.

PERSAL Code Files and Tables: 

• Coordinate the creation of new Institutions, departments, user codes and user profiles;
• Manage upgrades on the mainframe, software versions in compliance with SITA Notices and ACB Notices;
• Initiate the updating of banking details of sponsors and private banks in accordance with the processes and procedures;
• Oversee updates of contact details and addresses of institutions, departments and commercial banks;
• Maintain name changes and other details of the institutions, departments and pay slip templates; and
• Verify changes pertaining to SARS on TAX over payments and other reconciliations. ?

Electronic Data Transfer (EDT) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) processes: 

• Oversee the development and maintenance of Electronic Interface Profiles and deactivation and amendment to existing;
• Provide technical advice to institutions, commercial banks, SARS, Bankserv Africa on data files transmissions; and
• Develop a platform on problem resolution mechanisms of oversights related to EDT and EFT processes, SCOA and interfacing with financial systems.?

Financial systems, Commercial banks, SARS, SAFETYNET and PERSAL servers: 

• Manage and ensure timely and successfully interface procedures;
• Initiate the compilation of PERSAL and system generated notifications on system changes and developments, Respond to audit queries and findings related to PERSAL operations; and
• Oversee the maintenance and developments of existing systems.

PERSAL Security protocols and Profiles: 

• Verify the validity of programmatic updates and head counts on the system for audit purposes;
• Manage system maintenance standard processes, procedures and Biometrics pertaining to PERSAL; and
• Oversee Social Pensions (SOCPEN) files, account verifications, limits, SARS Payment Reference Number (PRN) files and numbers, and payments advice through NT SAFETYNET System.

Stakeholder Engagement: 

• Engage stakeholders on developments of scheduled updates and impact of operations;
• Compile notifications on HR and Auxiliary and other system related updates pertaining to changes and developments;
• Escalate audit queries for proper management of concerns and remedial action prior to implementation;
• Liaise with client departments in the identification and resolution of system related concerns; and
• Functions as the 3rd level of support providing expert advice and resolution to requests escalated by the Contact Centre.?