Revenue Accountant at Emalahleni Municipality

REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGER: REVENUE & EXPENDITURE
SALARY SCALE: TASK GRADE 12 (R401 049,24- R520 584,12) PER ANNUM, EXCLUDING BENEFITS
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• (Grade 12)
• National Diploma in Accounting (NQF Level 6)
• B Degree qualification in Commerce (NQF Level 7) with accounting 3 will be an added advantage.
• Computer literacy-MS Application with Advanced Excel
• Sound knowledge of MSCOA, Treasury Regulations, GRAP, MFMA, MPRA
• Minimum experience of 3 years in municipal accounting environment of which 2 years should have been within Revenue Management Cycle
• Valid Driving License

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Verifying monthly bank reconciliations and cash reconciliations through identifying and correcting discrepancies between cash book and bank statements.
• Analysing transactional recordings (reports generated by the Consolidated Billing System) Debtor reports and summaries and, processing adjustments to entries.
• Running system functionality to upload billing data to individual debtor account by using all segments of Mscoa.
• Proving support with regards to the consolidation of income transactional information to facilitate the production of Financial Statements.
• Preparing statistical reports depicting short to medium tern cash flow trends inclusive of explanations to support specific deviations.
• Interacting with the internal/external auditors and makes available information, supporting documentation and proofs of approval guiding specific recording, adjustments and allocation of Account receivable transactions.
• Reconciling cash receipted and proceeding with the posting and balancing of General Leder
• Reconciling Debtor accounts and proceeding with the posting and balancing of ledger accounts.
• Generating reminder notifications for circulation to overdue debtors and/or communicating, calculating and establishing payment terms and conditions with defaulters.
• Generating Debtor Age Analysis reports and checks the status of accounts with a view to referring arrear/overdue accounts for further action.
• Preparing and/or approving correspondences and calculations of rates due on properties and buildings, forwarding to legal professionals to facilitate the preparation of specific contractual documentation.
• Attending to queries related to the calculation of penalties/interest on and providing explanations to clients.
• Issuing rates certificates to support the transfer/sale agreement and approving payment terms and conditions.
• Providing guidelines/guidance to personnel on the application of procedures.
• Implementing remedial measures/ corrective action to align performance and output against agreed standards.
• Appraising performance levels, setting objectives and measuring accomplishment or establishing reasons for non-conformance.