Deputy Director: Water, Energy and Telecoms at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in in Finance or Economics;
• A Bachelor’s Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage;
• A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in the water, energy and telecommunications sectors;
• Knowledge and experience of the PFMA;
• Experience in financial policy analysis and strategic planning;
• Knowledge of financial management and experience of mergers and acquisitions; and
• Knowledge and experience of strategy and economic regulation, will be an added advantage.

Key Performance Areas

Restructuring of SOEs: 

• Conduct analysis to enable the identification of where restructuring of SOEs in the water, energy and telecoms sectors is required to better achieve government objectives and advise Minister accordingly;
• Review of the restructuring/turnaround plans of the SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors;
• Participate in the restructuring of SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors with other departments; and
• Provide strategic inputs on the repositioning and restructuring initiatives of SOEs.

Oversight over SOEs: 

• Analyse the financial statements and corporate plans of the SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors, Review legislation, sector policy and framework for economic regulation;
• Analyse the alignment of the corporate plans of SOEs in water, energy and / or telecoms sectors to policy objectives;
• Analyse industry structure in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors;
• Analyse industry trends in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors; and
• Exercise ongoing oversight over Schedule 2 and 3B SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors.

PFMA and MFMA Oversight: 

• Analyse and draft responses to required PFMA and MFMA applications from SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors; and
• Make recommendations based on requests in alignment with the related regulations.

Review of Contingent Liabilities: 

• Assess guarantee requests from SOEs for consideration; and
• Provide inputs and justifiable reasons for the approval or disapproval of particular guarantee requests.