Finance Officer: Western Cape at W&RSETA

The role of this position is to:

• Provide efficient and effective financial support to the regions ensuring compliance to PFMA, legislation and policies and procedures.

Key Performance Areas will include but not limited to the following:

•  Develop and maintain the regional commitment register and ensuring that all payment submissions are aligned and compliant to contract specifications before submission to Head Office Finance
•  Responsible for compiling and maintaining the discretionary grants accruals for the region and report monthly to Head Office Finance.
•  Ensure invoices received from stakeholders are checked for compliance, allocated correctly and signed off before payments by Head Office Finance
•  Ensure that credit notes that are issued by the stakeholders are correctly accounted for in the accruals listing and reported to Head Office Finance
•  Assist with Audits by ensuring efficient coordination and the required information requested is timeously submitted
•  Respond to financial queries from stakeholder ensuring amicable resolution and clear audit trails
•  Upon payments to stakeholders ensure the appropriate communication in the form of remittances and reconciliations
•  Manage, control and monitor the regional budget ensuring cost effective utilization
•  Review and sign-off on the petty cash reconciliation
•  Ensure all regional office facility management invoices are submitted timeously for payment
•  Monitor and maintain the assets register for the region ensuring accuracy and up-to-date status
•  Advice and support the Provincial Manager and the team on cost management, finances and procurement, RFP’s
•  Receive regional financial reports on a monthly basis and verify to ensure accuracy and correlation between Head Office Finance and regional finance
•  Follow-up on outstanding invoices to ensure sound close out of projects
•  Review Commitment registers and submit to Head Office Monthly for Consolidation.
•  Transfer of knowledge to ensure a common understanding of PFMA to regional team members 
•  Ensure adherence to W&RSETA policies, procedures, PFMA and relevant legislation
•  Close working relationship between the region and finance to ensure the regional financial needs and requirements are met
•  Petty Cash Management in the region
•  Maintain a good relationship between the different divisions to continuously support performance and delivery against set objectives
•  Adhere to sound corporate Governance in all aspects of the KZN SETA’s operations
•  Ensure all behaviours and conduct are aligned with the SETA values
•  Effective, professional communication and dialogue with all Stakeholders
•  Effectively plan, coordinate, manage and execute ad hoc projects

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

•  Bachelor’s Degree / National Diploma in Accounting/Financial Management
•  Minimum 3 years’ experience in an accounting environment (at an assistant/junior accountant level)
•  Excellent knowledge and understanding of PFMA and Treasury regulations
•  Knowledge, understanding and appreciation of regulatory and legislative framework within the SETA landscape