Senior State Accountant: EB Financial Accounting at The Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA)

Qualification/s Requirements

• A relevant 3-year National Diploma/Degree in Financial Accounting or equivalent (at least 360 credits). Minimum of 3 years’ appropriate experience in Finance environment of which 2 years is in a supervisory role OR Five (5) years appropriate experience within the Finance environment. Computer literacy which includes a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products. 

Key Performance Areas

The incumbent will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks which include but are not limited to the following:

Administration of General Ledger transactions and render financial accounting services

• Perform reconciliations relating to employee benefits general ledger accounts. Process journal entries and corrections. Follow-up on differences and make the relevant corrections. Supervision of unpaid and or returned payments from the bank/post office. Supervision of allocating payment transactions. Supervision of Pay Master General (PMG) debits. Ensure that benefit payment statistics are provided monthly to management. Review payments relating to maintenance order, magistrate courts, suppliers or beneficiaries. Review payments of interest effected on late benefits. Review payments to DIRCO. Review and confirm new and updated pay points. Ensure that deductions of maintenance orders are implemented. Ensure end dates on payments are done correctly and removed on the same day. Request system updates when there is a need. Test changes on test platform and ensure correctness of data. Ensure correctness of changes in production environment. Assist in the preparation, enquiries and provision of information required by the auditors. Ensure effective management of risks. Handling of general customer enquiries.

Monitoring and ensuring that procedures are adhered to relating to Payment Runs

• Ensure that all payment run reports are available after the run. Review payment run reports and journals processed. Ensure that EFT payment files are sent to BankServ. Ensure that cashbook files are sent to National Treasury. Ensure that payment above R1 million is loaded on Safety Web National Treasury (NT). Authorize payments on Safety Web. Ensure VET reports are received after payment runs and accurate information is displayed. Ensure that payment schedules are sent after each payment run. Ensure that expenditure incurred is reported to National Treasury. Ensure that payment statistics are recorded for every payment run. Recall amounts incorrectly paid.

Administration of the verification of manual supplier’s details.

• Capture Banking details portal. Ensure that feedback is received via safety web. Forward feedback to relevant business unit and follow up on feedback not received.

Supervision of the staff.

• Allocate work according to skills and competencies of subordinates. Manage staff performance. Develop, train and coach. Maintain discipline. Ensure that subordinates are informed about changes in work environment or management decisions. Ensure that leave records are submitted to HR after approval. Ensure that stationery is ordered on time. Ensure that unit refreshments are ordered on time.