Job Vacancies at NSFAS

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• To participate in the development of NSFAS policies, operation plans, systems and procedures that drive the efficient and effective implementation of the NSFAS Finance Department deliverables. The role involves managing the consolidation of financial data, preparation of financial reports and financial statements

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development

• Participate in the development and management of the NSFAS finance related policy(ies), guidelines, and procedures.

Job Specification & Recruiting Profile of Vacancy

Core Strategic & Operational Objectives Development

• Enable the implementation of the Finance unit’s strategic plans
• Enable the implementation of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational plans of the unit
• Develop and monitor the budget to the fund strategic objectives of the organisation
• Align organisational budget to Annual Performance Plan
• Monthly, Quarterly and ad hoc Reporting
• Revenue management and reporting
• Invoice management
• Manage and implement the following:
• Organisational planning, budgeting, optimisation and monitoring: admin budget, student budget and others
• Cashflow analysis and projections
• DHET Quarterly reports
• Review of National Treasury templates
• Facilitate the update of general ledger accounts
• General Ledger analysis and review to identify variances and anomalies
• Participate in the preparation of financial statements
• Review working papers and supporting schedules
• Perform duties of a bank signatory (Approve payment, opening and closing bank accounts)
• Assist with the resolution of audit findings
• Provide input to the compliance calendar
• Assist with the resolution of audit matters
• Coordinating and providing oversight over the audits by tracking Internal Audit and AGSA audit findings and RFIs

People Management & Ethical Leadership

• Manage and participate in the recruitment and selection of subunit vacancies in line with EE targets
• Delegate tasks to subordinates for implementation.
• Manage the subunit team to achieve the set and agreed programmes.
• Direct, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality programmes in line with NSFAS Values
• Manage the individual performance contracting and review process for subordinates.
• Manage all disciplinary matters of subordinates related to performance and conduct issues

Stakeholder Management & Relationships

• Oversee the utilisation and implementation of the Finance and subunit related policy, processes, efficiency channels and databases to resolve stakeholder queries and complaints
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enable Finance and subunit deliverables
• Communicate with stakeholders such as DHET, National Treasury and AGSA for reporting purposes and to resolve stakeholder queries.

Project Management & Leadership

• Manage and supervise the applicable projects to address identified needs as per the Finance

Department strategy.

• Analyse and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return oninvestment and to inform decision-making.

Budget optimisation

• Forecast for subunit core administration activities and projects
• Expenditure in line with core activities and projects

Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation

• Manage the plans and processes of subunit-related affairs in line with laws, policies and regulations.
• Manage the subunits plans and processes that support the implementation of identified key
• controls and established risk mitigation procedures
• Analise and improve the audit, risk and compliance outlook

Information & Knowledge Management

• Collaborate with stakeholders to build systems that enable the management of data obtained
• from different sources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain
• knowledge from this information.

Reporting & Accountability

• on subunit strategic KPIs progress
• on the subunit operational plan progress
• on strategic stakeholders’ issues and interventions management
• on internal and external audit and risk
• on any other work in the mandate of the subunit

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirements:

• NQF Level 8 In Accounting
• Computer literacy – Intermediate Microsoft Package suit
• Driver’s license
• Accounting and Reporting systems (Caseware, Acc Pacc, Office Dynamics etc)
• 5 Years’ experience in an accounting role of which 2 should be at the management level
• Project management Skills
• Knowledge of the National Government, Public Finance Management Act, National Treasury
• regulations and GRAP reporting standards,

Preferred

• Registered Chartered Accountant
• 10 Years’ experience in an accounting role of which 5 should be at the management level
• Advanced project management Skills
• Advanced knowledge of the Higher Education Sector, National Government, Public Finance
• Management Act, National Treasury regulations and GRAP reporting standards,

Skill and Competencies:

• Strategic and visionary
• Project Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Data Analysis
• Presentation Skills
• Goal orientation skills
• Influential and advocacy
• Systems and IT flair

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POSITION OVERVIEW:

• The main purpose of the job is to design, implementing, managing, and optimizing the organization's database systems, with a strong focus on cloud-based technologies. You will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of the databases, as well as working closely with cross-functional teams to support application development, data management, and business intelligence initiative

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development

• implementation of the NSFAS database process in line with policy requirements
• service and resolve all queries that emanate from the business relating to systems databases
• Implement and maintain all security policies relating to databases.

Job Specification & Recruiting Profile of Vacancy
Core Objectives Implementation

• Database Design and Implementation: Designing and implementing database systems, including database schemas, data models, and data migration strategies, utilizing best practices and industry standards. Ensuring optimal database performance, scalability, and availability in a cloud-based environment.
• Database Administration and Optimization: Managing and monitoring the performance, availability, and security of the organization's database systems, including performing regular database maintenance, backups, and disaster recovery operations. Identifying and resolving database performance and security issues and optimizing database configurations for optimal performance.
• Cloud-Based Database Technologies: Extensive knowledge and experience with cloud-based database technologies, such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, or Google Cloud SQL, including provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and optimization of cloud-based databases.
• Database Security and Compliance: Implementing and managing robust database security measures, including access controls, authentication, authorization, encryption, and auditing, to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and policies, such as GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS.
• Database Troubleshooting and Incident Resolution: Proactively monitoring and troubleshooting database incidents and problems, identifying root causes, and resolving issues in a timely and effective manner. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, vendors, and support providers to resolve complex database issues.
• Database Performance Tuning and Optimization: Analysing database performance metrics, identifying performance bottlenecks, and optimizing database configurations, indexes, queries, and other database objects to achieve optimal database performance and ensure efficient data retrieval and storage.
• Database Backup, Recovery, and Disaster Recovery: Designing and implementing database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, including regular backups, database replication, and failover/failback procedures, to ensure data integrity, availability, and business continuity.
• Database Documentation and Reporting: Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation of database designs, configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. Generating regular reports on database performance, incidents, and activities to management and stakeholders.
• Cloud Migration and Integration: Experience with cloud migration strategies and technologies, suchas database migration service tools, data transfer methods, and cloud database integration patterns, to migrate on-premises databases to cloud-based environments or integrate with other cloud services.
• Database Automation and Scripting: Utilizing automation and scripting tools to streamline database management tasks, such as database provisioning, configuration, patching, and monitoring, to ensure efficient and consistent database operations.

Stakeholder Management & Relationships

• Provide development support as per request within agreed SLA.
• Ensure no rejections from requestor.
• Provide UAT support as per request within agreed SLA.
• Receive stakeholder queries.
• Resolve stakeholder queries within given time frame.
• Produce timeous and accurate reports.
• Runs tools to check efficiency of systems and tunes if necessary (i.e., monitoring performance database for speed, sending appropriate error messages/alerts when needed, etc).
• Responds to and resolves errors and/or alerts.
• Develops, monitors, and reports key performance indicators.
• Establishes and tracks service level agreements.

Project Facilitation & Implementation

• To Plan and implement projects to address identified needs as per the ICT strategy.
• Compile project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment

Budget Optimisation

• To Make inputs to the expenditure in line with core activities and projects
• Provide reconciled payments and recover and any overpayments from the database.

Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation

• Facilitate the process of verification, compliance, registration and deregistration from business.
• Implement identified key controls and established risk mitigation procedures for all the databases.
• Assess and improve the audit, risk and compliance outlook.
• Implement the audit plan as per the ICT strategy.

Information & Knowledge Management

• To collaborate with stakeholders to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources.
• To collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain knowledge from this information

Reporting & Accountability

• On the unit’s cloud system status
• On the cloud systems operational plan progress
• On cloud systems issues and interventions management
• On internal and external audit and risk.
• On any other work in the mandate of the ongoing cloud infrastructure and networks team

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (NQF level 7)
• ITIL
• Relevant certifications, such as AWS Certified Database - Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure
• Virtualisation Certification
• 8 years of experience as a Server DBA or similar role
• 5 years of experience with Server Administration experience required.
• 8 years of experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO)
• Experience in migrating on-premises databases to cloud-based environments or integrating databases with other cloud services.
• 8 years of experience with backups, restores and recovery models.
• Experience in High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options. Experience on different database platforms i.e. NoSQL, MongoDB,

Preferred:

• 10 years of experience in a Database architecture or similar role
• 7 years working on Cloud database platforms.
• Financial sector experience.
• Preferred application development experience with C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or similar programming languages

Skill and Competencies:

• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Advanced Troubleshooting skills
• Presentation Skills
• Report writing skills.
• Problem Solving Skills
• Planning Skills