Senior ​State Accountant:Programme Administration at South African Department of Correctional Services

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate degree/national diploma in a financial management related field with Cost and Management Accounting as major subjects.
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience in budgeting or similar environment. Computer literate. Valid driver’s licence.

DUTIES :

• Support the Assistant Director with analysis and control of budget and expenditure to advise senior managers on the best decision to take in line with the achievements of the strategic objectives of the department. Ensure economical, effective and efficient utilization of budget allocated to the department. Maintain the master copy of the relevant programmes approved budget and ensure fair distribution, capturing and maintenance thereof on the financial system and monitor budget balancing on BAS on a monthly basis.
• Provide monthly in year monitoring inputs on the relevant programme with regard to state of expenditure as well as anticipated expenditure. Advise on the re-prioritization of funding on detecting planning deviations and report areas of risk to programme manager. Interrogate and report on deviations per month against anticipated revenue and expenditure for that financial year.
• Compilation and submission of monthly, quarterly and annual appropriation statement. Monitor the rectification of misallocation of budget as well as the expenditure and compile a variance analysis report on a monthly basis. Advise on adherence to policy and procedure in respect of budget control. Execute responsibilities of officials as stipulated in section 45 of the PFMA. Management of human resources, finance and assets.