Deputy Director: PFMA Regulatory Environment at National Treasury

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 Law or Accounting or Finance, or Public Finance; 
• A postgraduate degree (equivalent to NQF level 8) will be an added advantage;
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should have been on an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in developing norms and standards pertaining to financial management policies; 
• Knowledge and experience of the public sector financial management processes and practices, analysis and research; and
• Knowledge and experience of the broader financial management legislative frameworks applied within government including the Public Finance Management Act, Regulations and relevant Instructions.

Key Performance Areas

Public Finance Management Reforms:

• Assist with the development of uniform norms and standards to facilitate the implementation of the PFMA;
• Assist in developing and maintaining the PFMA and treasury regulations, toolkits, guidelines for alignment and evolvement of transversal issues to ensure consistent support to PFMA institutions;
• Conduct research on domestic and international financial management best practices for integration of financial management legislation; and
• Manage the issuing of instructions, frameworks and guidelines pertaining to the PFMA.

Enabling State Capacity:

• Develop the quarterly governance report reflecting all stakeholder engagements; 
• Draft responses to PFMA institutions on requests to condone irregular expenditure; 
• Draft responses to PFMA institutions on interpretation of the PFMA and its prescripts;
• Draft responses to PFMA institutions to requests for section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions; and 
• Assist with responding to parliamentary queries.

Client and Stakeholder Engagements:

• Conduct capacity building and information sessions on the PFMA implementation;
• Participate in partnerships with relevant institutions to achieve the outcomes of government; and
• Develop and maintain a database of queries related to PFMA.

Organisational Effectiveness:

• Provide advisory to other divisions within National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA;
• Respond to PFMA related queries from other divisions within the National Treasury; 
• Attend meetings from other units within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA;
• Assist in reviewing letters from other divisions within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA; 
• Assist in reviewing Treasury Instructions, Guidelines and Frameworks from other divisions within the National Treasury; 
• Assist with section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions from other divisions within National Treasury; and
• Assist with dealing with matters of a transversal nature arising from other units within the National Treasury.