Senior Practitioner: Financial Systems at Breede Valley Municipality

Duties:

• Draft short, medium- and long-term objectives and setting direction and executing accounting and administrative procedures and processes regarding the network, support and system development, forecasting, budget control and new technological development and submit to the immediate superior.  Ensure that the systems are functioning as intended and that the entire Municipality can maintain compliance with the MFMA requirements.  
• Manage the licensing of hardware and software according to the SLA with our division systems companies. Formulate and manage the annual budget for the Finance departments ICT needs and after approval control the budget for the section to ensure that equipment is purchased, and the budget’s not exceeded or unauthorized purchases are made.  Manage the financial systems in the directorate.  Plan monthly and year-end activities and processes.
•  Review the Systems Application and Financial Application System accounts register from subordinate and sign off.  Investigate, troubleshoots, and Resolve complex problems identified and or informed by user departments and subordinate.  Configuration of management reports to do extracts to promote data control and reporting.  Keep abreast of new technology by reading, using the internet, attend seminars, training courses and user groups. Conduct presentations and provide written reports to the council and municipal officials on the status of the section and introduction of new technology and related matters.
•  Ensure timeous and correct payments and balancing of contracts and registers as well as budgetary control over the budget  Manage the preparation and compilation of statistical/statutory reports from the financial system and/or obtained from relevant internal departments.  Analyse expenditure trends, operating requirements, and strategic plans to establish and determine funding for specific financial period and providing input to the various budgets for the Section.  
• Exercise control over asset management and institute investigation into losses.  Manage the implementation and alignment of information systems, applications, work processes and role boundaries to support functional outcomes related to the Section and financial reporting in terms of legislative (MFMA etc.) and regulatory (MBRR, mSCOA, etc.) requirements.    
• Manage and oversee contract implementation. Adhere to Health and Safety procedures according to the OHS policy.

Minimum Requirements: 

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma or B Com with financial accounting as a major subject.
• Computer literacy: MS Office
• 5-8 years’ relevant experience required which includes 2 years of supervisory experience
• Computer literacy: MS Office
• Valid Code B driver’s license
• Knowledge of Financial Application System
• Proficiency in at least two (2) of the three (3) official languages of the Western Cape