The National Treasury is responsible for managing South Africa’s national government finances. Supporting efficient and sustainable public financial management is fundamental to the promotion of economic development, good governance, social progress and a rising standard of living for all South Africans. The Constitution of the Republic (Chapter 13) mandat...
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in Economics or Finance or Statistics or Investment Management or Mathematical Sciences, A Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage;
- A minimum 3 years’ experience obtained in:-financial markets, development finance, -policy environment, research in quantitative and qualitative methodologies; and
- Knowledge and experience in market analysis and information for utilisation in the broader business, Knowledge and experience in dealing with various market and policy stakeholders.
Key Performance Areas
Financing of Government’s gross borrowing requirements:
- Assist in development and implementation of a domestic and foreign borrowing strategy for the national government to finance infrastructure and climate related projects;
- Assist in negotiating, shortlisting and evaluating financial offers from domestic and international investors in a cost-effective manner;
- Assist in the initiation and management of the funding of annual gross borrowing requirements; and
- Participate in the manage the Debt portfolio by diversify funding sources, smoothening maturity profile and funding cash requirements.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Assist in the development and implementation tools that will improve the investor base;
- Coordinate engagements with foreign and local policy makers in the infrastructure and climate finance space to better understand ongoing policy and regulatory reforms that will create an enabling environment for infrastructure and climate financing; and
- Develop relationships with stakeholders like banks, domestic and foreign investors and engage lawyers on certain conditional requirements.
Contribute to the development of the domestic debt market as it relates to infrastructure and climate financing:
- Participate in Advisory Committees, climate finance committees, infrastructure platforms and associations in Domestic Debt Market;
- Assist in the initiation of frequent market and portfolio analysis of qualitative and quantitative domestic and foreign currency debt information;
- Analyse and advise on prudent debt management policies and recommend corrective debt strategies for implementation; and
- Monitor domestic and international economic events and their impact on the South African economy and the debt portfolio.
Perform Research on markets volatility:
- Assist in the initiation of research on capital markets pertaining to market volatility in the prudent management of debt;
- Perform research on local and international markets to stay abreast of developments’ impact on foreign debt management issues; and
- Analyse and provide inputs to briefing notes and speeches.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s. degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Law or Accounting or Finance, or Public Finance;
- A postgraduate degree (equivalent to NQF level 8) will be an added advantage;
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should have been on an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in developing norms and standards pertaining to financial management policies;
- Knowledge and experience of the public sector financial management processes and practices, analysis and research; and
- Knowledge and experience of the broader financial management legislative frameworks applied within government including the Public Finance Management Act, Regulations and relevant Instructions.
Key Performance Areas
Public Finance Management Reforms:
- Assist with the development of uniform norms and standards to facilitate the implementation of the PFMA;
- Assist in developing and maintaining the PFMA and treasury regulations, toolkits, guidelines for alignment and evolvement of transversal issues to ensure consistent support to PFMA institutions;
- Conduct research on domestic and international financial management best practices for integration of financial management legislation; and
- Manage the issuing of instructions, frameworks and guidelines pertaining to the PFMA.
Enabling State Capacity:
- Develop the quarterly governance report reflecting all stakeholder engagements;
- Draft responses to PFMA institutions on requests to condone irregular expenditure;
- Draft responses to PFMA institutions on interpretation of the PFMA and its prescripts;
- Draft responses to PFMA institutions to requests for section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions; and
- Assist with responding to parliamentary queries.
Client and Stakeholder Engagements:
- Conduct capacity building and information sessions on the PFMA implementation;
- Participate in partnerships with relevant institutions to achieve the outcomes of government; and
- Develop and maintain a database of queries related to PFMA.
Organisational Effectiveness:
- Provide advisory to other divisions within National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA;
- Respond to PFMA related queries from other divisions within the National Treasury;
- Attend meetings from other units within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA;
- Assist in reviewing letters from other divisions within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA;
- Assist in reviewing Treasury Instructions, Guidelines and Frameworks from other divisions within the National Treasury;
- Assist with section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions from other divisions within National Treasury; and
- Assist with dealing with matters of a transversal nature arising from other units within the National Treasury.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Law or Business Administration;
- NQF8 will be added advantage;
- A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be on an Assistant Director or equivalent obtained in conflict or dispute resolution environment; and
- Knowledge and experience of the broader dispute resolution mechanisms framework.
Key Performance Areas
Case Management and Resolution:
- Provide appropriate steps in resolving disputes within defined turnaround times;
- Compile accurate and complete case documentation for utilisation in dispute resolution matters;
- Develop and maintain appropriate case summaries and reports for consideration and execution;
- Manage the resolving of conflicts through a structured process which includes investigations, mediation, and negotiations in relation to section 44 of the MFMA.
Mediation and Negotiation:
- Facilitate mediation sessions amongst factions for amiable outcome of resolutions; and
- Assist disputing parties to reach agreements by establishing a clearly defined dispute resolution framework for implementation.
Investigation and Evidence Gathering:
- Compile comprehensive investigation reports for consideration and scrutiny;
- Gather and verified evidence for integrity and appropriateness;
- Release findings and recommendations on verification of the authentication of the evidence at hand; and
- Develop standard investigation operating procedures for implementation and execution;
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage internal and external clients on matters of mutual concern;
- Acknowledge feedback from stakeholders;
- Develop dispute resolution strategies in alignment with stakeholder expectations;
- Raise internal and external awareness on dispute resolution practices; and
- Develop training material on dispute resolution practices and engage clients, thereon.
Reporting and Documentation:
- Compile and dispute resolution metrics and latest business trends benchmarking reporting;
- Update internal documentation and procedures for appropriateness;
- Develop dispute reporting template and related circulars for client utilization;
- Keep record of close-off dispute resolution cases and running ones for consideration;and
- Monitor compliance with section 65(2)(e) of the MFMA for alignment.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in Finance or Economics;
- A Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage;
- A minimum 3 years’ experience obtained in analysing financial statements and corporate plans;
- Knowledge and experience of financial management, strategy and economic regulation; and
- Knowledge of the government’s broader regulatory framework on State Owned Companies.
Key Performance Areas
Restructuring of SOEs:
- Assist with the analysis and the identification of restructuring needs within SOEs pertaining to Transport, Defence and General Sectors;
- Assist with the reviewing of restructuring and turnaround plans for SOEs in the sectors; and
- Participate in the restructuring of SOEs in conjunction with other departments.
Financial Analysis and Oversight:
- Assist with the analysis of financial statements and corporate plans and engage entities and other departments;
- Analyse the correct alignment of corporate plans of SOEs and their policy objectives and industry trends;
- Assist with the analysis and reviewing of SOEs and present draft submissions in alignment with the prescribed legislation on applications submitted from SOEs; and
- Review SOEs submissions and analysis of Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and adjustment of budget applications.
Review of Contingent Liabilities:
- Assist with the analysis of requests for guarantee from SOEs and present draft responses for consideration; and
- Participate in fora and monitor compliance to guarantee conditions by entities.
Industry and Sector Research:
- Assist with the provision of responses and advice on legislation and regulations to stay in touch with sectoral evolution. Participate in funding workstreams and steering committees for SOEs; and
- Assist with research on latest trends impacting the industry
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s. degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Computer Science or Information Systems or Information Technology;
- NQF level 8 will be added advantage;
- A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in systems architecture within an information technology environment;
- Knowledge and experience in the utilization and application of Microsoft SQL, MVC Framework, andMicrosoft.net.; and
- Knowledge and experience of cloud platforms, cyber-security defensive measures, and digital transformation initiatives.
Key Performance Areas
Systems Development, Enhancements and Integration:
- Review the current MFMA web-enabled systems and applications for enhancements, developments and integration. Review business processes and recommend solutions to enhance efficiencies;
- Initiate testing, piloting and implementing of systems applications enhancements and developments;
- Develop and maintain an audit trail and log of system application enhancements, developments and integration;
- Compile and update relevant documentation of system/application enhancements, developments and integration;
- Facilitate updating of relevant data on the web enabled systems applications;
- Fix new bugs that may arise from system applications enhancements, developments and integration;
- Coordinate the development of training material, circulars, guidelines and other relevant publications; and
- Compile relevant reports, dashboards and other related documentation.
Strategic Systems Maintenance:
- Monitoring the performance of the web-enabled systems and applications and implement changes to improve performance;
- Monitoring and maintain the: Database logs, System Web Log, Application Logs, Workflow Engine, Messaging Engine, Notification Engine, Any other related engines and logs;
- Perform error resolution on the web systems, applications, API and automation engines;
- Resolve incidents on the system and adding of new users on the system;
- Liaise with internal ITC unit in identifying and fixing any bugs, errors, performance issues on the systems applications;
- Maintain, monitor, respond and report issues raised on the helpdesk facility and emails;
- Initiate amendments to existing training material, user guides, circulars and other publications; and
- Report on system performance and maintenance.
ICT Governance and Compliance:
- Liaise with ICT in testing, piloting and implementing systems applications enhancements and developments;
- Align systems architecture with relevant legislation, and ICT protocols, standards, guidelines; and
- Engage ICT on system applications enhancements developments, maintenance and integration.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Information Technology;
- A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in technology data analysis environment;
- Knowledge and experience of the following ICT disciplines: Project Management, Data Architecture, Data Anaylsis and System Development Lifecycle; and
- Knowledge and experience utilising the Unified Modelling Language (UML) / Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) modelling standards.
Key Performance Areas
Data Architecture:
- Analyse the National Treasury data requirements, and define the current and target data baselines;
- Define the data standards for National Treasury in line with the new Enterprise Architecture and Acquisition approach;
- Review data guidelines and specifications for refinement and align with business requirements and outputs;
- Develop IT data management processes and procedures for utilisation in business; and
- Develop a data dictionary for implementation in business and maintain and align with new ICT approach.
Operational and Project Planning:
- Manage ICT projects and ensure project governance and implementation according to set plans and procedures;
- Monitor, control project teams and initiate change integration on corrective action;
- Coordinate operational project plans for implementation;
- Utilise the Prince 2 or PMBoK principles for effective implementation of project and program;
- Analyse and review operational and project requirements of business for implementation; and
- Initiate the recommended enterprise architecture projects for business.
Opportunities and Solutions:
- Analyse the data architecture status and identify data gaps for implementation;
- Identify data opportunities and solutions on remedial ICT interventions to address identified gaps; and
- Establish, develop, implement and manage an internal departmental procurement ICT solution for business.
Migration Plan (SISP):
- Define a data migration objective for implementation within business; and
- Scan business for future challenges on technological improvements.
Operations and Utilisation:
- Define data specification of identified opportunities for development and implementation;
- Implement a data architectural baseline within business; and
- Define and execute quality verification and test plans to ensure effective data deployments within business.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in in Finance or Economics;
- A Bachelor’s Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage;
- A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in the water, energy and telecommunications sectors;
- Knowledge and experience of the PFMA;
- Experience in financial policy analysis and strategic planning;
- Knowledge of financial management and experience of mergers and acquisitions; and
- Knowledge and experience of strategy and economic regulation, will be an added advantage.
Key Performance Areas
Restructuring of SOEs:
- Conduct analysis to enable the identification of where restructuring of SOEs in the water, energy and telecoms sectors is required to better achieve government objectives and advise Minister accordingly;
- Review of the restructuring/turnaround plans of the SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors;
- Participate in the restructuring of SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors with other departments; and
- Provide strategic inputs on the repositioning and restructuring initiatives of SOEs.
Oversight over SOEs:
- Analyse the financial statements and corporate plans of the SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors, Review legislation, sector policy and framework for economic regulation;
- Analyse the alignment of the corporate plans of SOEs in water, energy and / or telecoms sectors to policy objectives;
- Analyse industry structure in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors;
- Analyse industry trends in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors; and
- Exercise ongoing oversight over Schedule 2 and 3B SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors.
PFMA and MFMA Oversight:
- Analyse and draft responses to required PFMA and MFMA applications from SOEs in the water, energy and / or telecoms sectors; and
- Make recommendations based on requests in alignment with the related regulations.
Review of Contingent Liabilities:
- Assess guarantee requests from SOEs for consideration; and
- Provide inputs and justifiable reasons for the approval or disapproval of particular guarantee requests.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A Grade 12 coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in Public Administration or Business Management or Project Management or Human Resources Management;
- A Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage.
- A minimum 3 years’ experience obtained in an administrative environment;
- Knowledge of the legislative framework on public administration and human resources management within government;
- Knowledge and exposure to the coordination of budget coordination processes; and
- Knowledge of the analysis and interpretation of relevant internal policies for the correct application of determinations.
Key Performance Areas
Business Support Promotion:
- Co-ordinate and perform quality assurance on processes pertaining to in-coming and out-going memoranda in the office of the DDG for enhancement of service delivery;
- Develop and maintain a filing system for record and audit purposes;
- Promote the effective execution of service delivery within the office and propose measures for improvement where necessary;
- Administer leave and other logistical requirements in the application of policy and procedures;
- Assist with the monitoring of procurement and administrative matters and verify correctness of claims and invoices; and
- Record memoranda on the electronic filing system for record purposes, editing, etc, where applicable.
Operational Support:
- Acknowledge and reaffirm meetings, invitations to workshops;
- Provide personal support to DDG, Manage calendar or diary;
- Handle correspondence and organize travel for the DDG;
- Compile agendas of meetings, initiating the taking of minutes and follow-up on outstanding commitments; and
- Administer all duties with utmost discretion in the execution of confidential matters and converse with clients in utmost diplomacy.
Stakeholder Relations and Engagement:
- Engage internal clients on the coordination and enhancement of the integration of processes and procedures;
- Attend to clients’ needs, address concerns and complaints timeously, to improve working relations with stakeholders; and Provide logistical support to business units.
Budget Co-ordination:
- Assist with the preparation of relevant documentation pertaining to proposed consolidated budgetary inputs in compliance with the MTEF requirements and cycle;
- Assist with the monitoring of expenditure against commitments and report on possible overspending; and
- Assist with the initiation process on the movement of funds between items after consultation with relevant stakeholders (Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and preparing the relevant supporting documents for execution.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A grade 12 coupled with National Diploma in Information Technology or relevant (equivalent to NQF level 6);
- A minimum 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in the information technology data analysis environment;
- Knowledge and experience of the following ICT disciplines: Project Management, Data Architecture, Data Analysis and System Development Lifecycle;
- Knowledge and experience utilising the Unified Modelling Language (UML) / Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) modelling standards.
Key Performance Areas
Data Architecture:
- Analyse the National Treasury data requirements and define the current and target data baselines;
- Define the data standards for National Treasury in line with the new Enterprise Architecture and Acquisition approach;
- Review data guidelines and specifications for refinement and align with business requirements and outputs;
- Develop IT data management processes and procedures for utilisation in business; and
- Develop a data dictionary for implementation in business and maintain and align with new ICT approach.
Operational and Project Planning:
- Manage ICT projects and ensure project governance and implementation according to set plans and procedures, Monitor, control project teams and initiate change integration on corrective action;
- Coordinate operational project plans for implementation;
- Utilise the Prince 2 or PMBoK principles for effective implementation of project and program;
- Analyse and review operational and project requirements of business for implementation; and
- Initiate the recommended enterprise architecture projects for business.
Opportunities and Solutions:
- Analyse the data architecture status and identify data gaps for implementation;
- Identify data opportunities and solutions on remedial ICT interventions to address identified gaps, Establish, develop, implement and manage an internal departmental procurement ICT solution for business; and
- Migration Plan (SISP): Define a data migration objective for implementation within business.
Scan business for future challenges on technological improvements, Operations and Utilisation:
- Define data specification of identified opportunities for development and implementation;
- Implement a data architectural baseline within business; and
- Define and execute quality verification and test plans to ensure effective data deployments within business.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- A minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) in Mathematics or Statistics or Finance or Economics;
- A Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the above disciplines is added advantage;
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience obtained in a Financial Markets’ environment;
- Knowledge of Financial Markets and asset or liability portfolio management techniques;
- Knowledge of Financial Risk Modelling techniques and fixed income valuation techniques; and Sensitivity measures applicable to fixed income products; Modified Duration, DV01 and Convexity.
Key Performance Areas
Market Risk Components:
- Undertake financial market risk factor research, stochastic processes applicable to financial market risk modelling;
- Applicable time series models and probability distributions and non -parametric methods; and
- Funding and market liquidity risk analysis.
Fixed Income Valuation and Product Structuring:
- Analysis of fixed income products, valuation techniques;
- Assist with Fixed Income product structuring including derivatives;
- Assist with the construction and continuous improvement of credit, nominal and real curves; and
- Assist with producing research related to spot, forward, yield to maturity curves.
Application of Statistical Process Controls and Decision Analysis:
- Asset / Liability Portfolio Performance and Attribution techniques;
- Probabilistic Scenario analysis; and
- Application of control charts for process variations and attributes.
Data Quality Management and Programming Skills:
- Assist with the Data Quality Management Process; and
- Proficiency in at least one Programming language; R, Python, etc.
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Qualification/s Requirements
- Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Commerce or Accounting or Economics;
- A certification as a certified CA or CIMA will serve as an added advantage;
- Membership of the SAICA, SAIPPA, IPFA and the completed Audit or Accounting Articles;
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience at a middle or senior managerial level obtained in an Accounting environment;
- Knowledge of accounting standards, i.e. IAS, IFRS, IPSAS, GRAP;
- Experience in report writing, publishing of corporate publications and communications;
- Knowledge of PFMA, MFMA, TR and other relevant government prescripts; and
- Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment.
Key Performance Areas
Financial Management and Reporting:
- Scrutinise clients audit qualifications and advice on the most appropriate course of action;
- Resolve queries relating to accounting frameworks, standards and guidelines;
- Implement monitoring mechanisms within the business unit to track progress on the resolution of audit findings through engagement with clients and audit reports;
- Report annually on financial management capability and progress on the resolutions of audit outcomes;
- Identify transversal policy limitations for implementation; and
- Provide inputs and advice on the preparation of annual financial statements, and Interim Financial Statements for National Departments.
Support Implementation of Accounting Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines:
- Initiate the development of accounting frameworks, standards, guidelines and related transversal accounting policies;
- Facilitate workshops and training on frameworks, standards, guidelines and transversal accounting policies (including training of provincial treasuries);
- Implement awareness programmes on the accounting frameworks, standards, policies and guidelines, and provide support to clients;
- Facilitate knowledge sharing within the portfolio (participate on various governance structures at various institutions, co-ordinating CFO and PAG forums);
- Development of implementation plans in support of new financial reporting requirements; and
- Ongoing monitoring and support on the implementation of the new and revised accounting reforms.
Consolidate National Government Portfolio:
- Consolidate support of national departments and listed public entities within allocated cluster;
- Design consolidation model in Support the provincial treasury with the consolidation of the provincial departments and public entities; and
- Identify unlisted entities for inclusion in the consolidation of PFMA list of public entities.
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