Senior State Accountant: Financial Statement at Departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Requirements :

• Matric plus NQF Level 6/ National Diploma in Finance/ Accounting.
• Coupled with a minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in Financial Management environment. Competencies:
• Knowledge and understanding of legislative and policy framework regulating the accounts payable processes, departmental procedures and systems, knowledge and understanding the PFMA Act, knowledge and understanding the Treasury regulations, Analytical skills, Communication skills and Interpersonal skills.

Duties :

• Administer Interim and Annual Financial Statements:
• Compile the financial statements in the relevant template by downloading from the Office of Accounting General (OAG) website, Upload macros in the template by downloading from the OAG website, Populate the information into the template from the trial balance, Capture the annexure information in the template as received from the stakeholders, capture the disclosure information on assets and verify using BAS reports and asset register, capture the narratives derived from information on expenditure variances/comparatives or movement, check the word document for completeness and accuracy, ensure that working paper file has been compiled with relevant supporting information and provide information and supporting documents on audit requests.
• Administer Ledger Accounts: Monitor the trail balance monthly and check misallocations on ledger accounts for reporting, communicate/interact with Human Capital monthly on officials transferred to other government departments to prepare a claim and register/record the debt in the ledger account/item, communicate with treasury on accounts managed by them and report on movement, compile the dashboard report reflecting movement of items. Administer Reconciliations of Accounts:
• Check the finance and operating leases (G-fleet, cell phones, IT copier machinery) reconciliation against lease agreements and payments made for accuracy, check that accruals and commitments are reconciled using BAS disbursement report on payments made and check the irregular/unauthorised/fruitless expenditure is captured correctly and ensure the same information reflects in the register.
• Supervision of Staff: Supervision and solve conflict within the section, supervision of skills development plan of the section, supervision of the PMDS within the section, supervision of leave management within the section and Supervision of audit finding and queries of the section.

Closing Date : 23-02-2026