State Accountant: Internal Control at Department Of Public Works And Infrastructure

REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum of three years tertiary qualification (NQF Level 6) in Auditing / Financial Management/ Supply Chain Management/ Accounting. Appropriate years of experience Supply Chain Management/ Internal Control/Compliance Management/Auditing.
• Knowledge of Property Industry, Financial prescripts (GAAP and GRAP standards), working knowledge of Government Financial systems (SAGE, ARCHIBUS, PMIS, WCS, LOGIS, BAS), Public Finance and Management Act, National Treasury Regulations (Directives and guidelines), ICT Procurement, Supply Chain Management Framework.

DUTIES :

• The effective implementation of internal compliance impacting on Finance and Supply Chain Management performance. Monitor whether finance and supply chain objectives are consistent with Government’s broader policy. Ensure that the Departmental SCM processes are aligned with those standards that support International best practice.
• Implement Finance and SCM processes, Standard Operating Procedure manuals, Delegations documents and identify opportunities for alignment with legislation. Communicate new prescripts from National Treasury.
• Identify and communicate internal control deficiencies. Identify potential risks. Provide support in the implementation of departmental loss control system. Manage acceptance of tenders by verifying completeness and correctness of documentation to ensure legally binding documents on respective parties.
• Verify by scrutinizing the bid/ contract documents for compliance. Perform pre and post audit procedures on bids awarded to identify instances of non-compliance. Conduct Assessments on reported cases of financial misconduct. Validate possible non-compliant transactions.
• Provide inputs to the report on non-compliant transactions. Compile the disclosure notes for Irregular Expenditure and Fruitless & Wasteful Expenditure to the financial statements. Compile monthly registers for Irregular Expenditure and Fruitless & Wasteful Expenditure.
• Audit coordination process between Auditor General and the Department (Main Account and Trading Entity). Receive information requests and audit queries from auditors and identify responsible branches / units for dissemination. Update records / schedules of requests and audit queries.
• Provide information requested by the auditors within agreed time. Follow up with branches / units on outstanding responses and requested information. Assist with arranging of Audit Steering Committee meetings and meetings between branch heads and the auditors. Assist with developing Audit Action Plan that addresses all the findings raised by auditors. Assist with inputs/update of the risk register. Provide administrative and supervisory services to support effective functioning of the sub-directorate.
• Maintain and report registers of pre/ post audit transactions and submit to supervisor. Administer the flow of information in and out of the office. Ensure adherence to developed and approved internal controls.