Solutions Advisor: National Treasury Support at Panagora Group

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Budget Analysis and Planning

• Lead the analysis of draft provincial budgets and provide strategic feedback to ensure alignment with health sector priorities.
• Conduct in-depth reviews of the NDOH’s baseline budgets, identifying risks and opportunities for impact-driven allocations.
• Evaluate MTEF budget submissions, budget bids, and the ENE budget database and chapter, ensuring technical soundness and policy alignment.
• Provide expert input on grant frameworks and Division of Revenue Act (DORA) submissions.
• Represent the directorate in provincial MTEF budget processes and high-priority budget engagements.
• Critically review and provide strategic recommendations on annual performance plans for the NDOH and public health entities.

Advanced Expenditure Monitoring and Compliance

• Review in-year budget adjustment requests to ensure critical health funds, including HIV/AIDS and TB grants, are safeguarded.
• Monitor and analyse departmental expenditure trends, liaising with the CFO to address discrepancies and optimize resource utilization.
• Provide expert advice on requests under the PFMA and Treasury Regulations, including fund shifts and transfer payments.
• Oversee the performance of conditional grants, with a focus on HIV/AIDS, TB, and NHI indirect conditional grants, ensuring alignment with financial and programmatic objectives.

HIV/AIDS and TB Financing Expertise

• Lead financial analyses and provide expert input on funding for HIV treatment and multisectoral financing reform initiatives.
• Monitor expenditure and performance trends for the Comprehensive HIV/AIDS and TB Conditional Grant, providing actionable insights.
• Collaborate with NT consultants and stakeholders to advance innovative financing approaches for HIV prevention and treatment programs.

Provincial Health System Support

• Serve as a key liaison between the NT Health Directorate, Intergovernmental Relations Unit, and Provincial Budget Support Unit to address selected provincial health system challenges (mainly budget, HRH positions and equipment).
• Develop high-level briefing notes and reports on provincial health performance, including financial and non-financial analyses.
• Actively participate in provincial health discussions, providing strategic recommendations to inform decision-making.

Deliverables: Technical Assistance: Budget analysis and planning:

• Written comments on departmental baseline documents, including inputs into the out-year baseline determination process and on extraordinary budgetary challenges and financial compliance matters.
• Document outlining the analysis of Departmental (and where relevant, entities) MTEF and ENE budget submissions and workbooks, highlighting all queries resolved and recommendations 
• Written feedback on provincial and national health budgets, including baseline and MTEF submissions.
• Document with recommendations to improve grant frameworks/DORA including the reports on benchmarking meetings (e.g. through presentations, reports and/or as specified by Line Manager or IGR)
• Finalized AENE workbooks and ENE budget chapters aligned to the  National Treasury publication standards.
• Review  reports on conditional grant performance for  each province (n=9)  and recommendations for improvement as guided by the National Treasury.
• Monthly progress meeting check-ins with USAID BHO.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Health Policy, Public Administration, or a closely related field.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in health sector financing, budgeting, and expenditure monitoring, with a track record of delivering results in complex government or donor-funded environments.
• Extensive experience working with conditional grants, public financial management frameworks, and large-scale budget processes in South Africa.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-level engagements and provide strategic input on complex financial and policy issues.
• Proficiency in advanced financial modeling and analysis.
• Deep understanding of public financial management legislation, including the PFMA and Treasury Regulations.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights for senior decision-makers.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities, with a proven track record of producing high-impact reports and presentations.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build consensus among diverse groups.
• A results-oriented mindset and the ability to thrive under pressure and tight deadlines.