Manager: Budget & Costing at Stellenbosch Municipality

REF: FS/FM/FSCR/01 
Minimum Requirements: 

• B. Degree (in the fields of Accounting or Finance with Accounting III) 
• Valid Code B Driver’s license 
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience and 2 years relevant financial supervisory experience 
• Relevant Minimum competency unit standards or should be obtained within 18 months of appointment. 

Other Requirements: 

• Proven experience and exposure to the disciplines in Budget & Costing
• Analytical thinking skills, as well as decision-making ability 
• Well-developed facilitation, financial and management skills 
• Proven ability to function under work- and time pressure 
• High level of computer literacy 
• Good health and attendance record 
• Good interpersonal relations 
• Good language proficiency in two of the three official languages of the Western Cape (Afrikaans, English and Xhosa). 

Responsibilities/Duties: 

• Manage and coordinate the activities of the Budgeting and Costing Section 
• Facilitating and preparation of the three-year medium term revenue and expenditure framework (MTREF), including budget assumptions, forecasts based on historical trends 
• Facilitating and preparation of the adjusted operational and capital budgets 
• Coordination of annual review of budget related policies 
• Responsible for legislated return forms in terms of the budgetary function and assisting with statutory reporting 
• Compilation of the financial information for inclusion in the Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan to use as the overarching monitoring tool of council’s financial performance 
• Implement effective budget control management 
• Maintenance of costing structure 
• Coordination of daily budget related and costing queries
• Assist with the compilation of financial statements.