Management Accountant - WCLA 12/2025 at Western Cape Liquor Authority

Introduction

• To administer budgeting processes, planning, compilation, overall control & reporting.

Job description

Reporting:

• Compilation of interim and annual financial statements, statistical reports and statutory reports.
• Assist in the completion of AFS template for submission to PT.
• Prepare monthly and year end journals.
• Compile the audit file for interim and annual financial statements.
• Administer financial reporting requirements and procedures
• Compile the quarterly in-year monitoring (IYM) report.
• Prepare and provide support with ad-hoc financial reports and analyses for various projects undertaken by the Authority.
• Prepare monthly management reports including variance analysis.
• Design reports and templates to enhance reporting.
• Provide inputs into the Annual Performance Plan, Annual Financial Statements and Annual Report.
• Respond to AG's and internal audit queries

Budget Management and Costing:

• Compile and manage the main and the adjustment budget processes (Operating, Personnel, Capital, Balance Sheet and Cashflow budgets), roll-overs and revenue retention.
• Create and maintain financial databases to support costing, planning and reprioritization.
• Maintain an appropriate costing and cost accounting system for the organization.
• Load the approved budgets onto the Pastel accounting system.
• Liaise with the system controller on the creation of new code structures on Pastel.
• Compiling the annual tariff/fee list.
• Ensure compliance with NT/PT circulars.

Expenditure and Revenue Monitoring and updating of Forecast:

• Monitor expenditure and revenue against budget and facilitate remedial measures if necessary. Advise on trends as well as possible savings and update forecast.
• Execution of budgetary controls, including the verification of budget availability and allocations for all purchases.

Knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of relevant Public Sector legislation, e.g. PFMA, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting standards, especially Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP)
• Strong understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance.
• Working knowledge of relevant industry legislation and regulations.

Skills

• High level of report writing skills.
• Computer literate with advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• The ability to concentrate on specific tasks for extended periods and finalize those timeously.
• The ability to work long hours and meet deadlines.
• Analytical skills - Accumulates data; summarizes information into pertinent, understandable, and presentable form; discerning valid from invalid comparisons of data; and seeking explanation for variations in the data.

Apply by: 12-12-2025