Management Accounting : Specialist at Auditor-General of South Africa

Strategic Function

• Take a support role in the development of the strategic and budget document.
• Support the implementation of the business unit balance score card (BSC) initiatives.

Product Management

Analysis and reporting on all relevant information

• Monthly income statements to business units
• CE monthly income statements
• Co-ordinate business units feedback
• Attend to business units’ request
• Monthly reporting and queries on variances

Preparing and administration of AG annual budget

• Deliver budget guidelines
• Deliver budget timeline
• Prepare data for the budgeting tool
• Provide budgeting tool to business units

Monitoring budgets processing in accordance budget guidelines

• Check progress on budgeting using control measures
• Check adherence to budget guideline

Monitoring and reporting on budget activities

• Check budget completion through income statements
• Consolidate preliminary budget for review

Management of Accounting tasks

• Data mining, analysing & interpreting information relevant to the BU budget problems or request
• Research on key financial indicators e.g. inflation targets, CPIX etc.
• Research on AGSA policies that have an impact on budget e.g. S&T policy, Study Assistance policy etc.
• Preparation and improvements to the recoverability reports and management packs including an intense assistance and critical inputs in the development of the Qlikview recoveries model.

Preparation of adhoc reports

• Preparation of dashboards (Cash flow and cash flow projections)
• Portfolio reports
• Administrative duties
• Any other adhoc reports as and when requested by BE and CE.
• Attending to internal and external audit queries.

Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

People Management

• Manage own performance.
• Participate in the BU’s transformation, culture, and diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning and advancing of one’s skills to remain abreast with industry trends.Willing to work extra hours.

Financial management and operational management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area.

Other responsibilities

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

Formal Education 

• This position requires a minimum qualification of a bachelor’s degree/or diploma in accounting/or management accounting.

Experience  

• 2 years or more in Financial and/or management accounting.
• Experience in analysing and interpreting financial information and ratios,
• Experience in developing and writing financial reports.
• Experience in liaising with stakeholders at different levels.
• Experience in gathering data and converting into meaningful information.