Jobs at Overstrand Local Municipality

Requirements:

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma or B Com with financial accounting as a major subject
• Computer Literacy: MS Office
• 2-5 years relevant experience
• National Certificate in Municipal Financial Management as prescribed in Regulation 493, 15 June 2007 of the MFMA.
• Communication skills in two of the three official languages of the Western Cape

Key performance areas:

• Implementation and maintenance of a system of costing
• Compiling and processing of relevant cost transactions and analyzing cost reports
• Calculation and evaluation of cost effectiveness of activities regarding costing areas identified
• Continuous evaluation of costing system functionality, identification of ineffectiveor lack of effective costing functionality in accordance with needs.
• Assist with continuous monitoring of monthly and yearend reconciliations and working documents regarding financial information for the preparation of the Annual
• Financial Statements
• Compile quarterly interim financial statements for review by the Manager: Accounting Services
• Assist with the preparation of VAT returns
• Preparing and compiling various financial management and statistical reports for the Financial Accounting department.

CLOSING DATE 01 October 2025

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Requirements:

• Grade 12 (or equivalent NQF4 qualification) with Mathematics or Accounting
• 2-5 years’ experience in a similar work environment.
• Advance computer literacy in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel) and payroll systems
• Communication skills in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape

Key performance areas:

• Process and finalize staff salary schedules to ensure accurate and timely payment of salaries so that payment of salaries is accurate, a system of internal control is maintained, and that GRAP, Legislation and Council Policies are complied with
• Process and finalize schedules of all statutory and thirdparty deductions to enhance control and accuracy so that a system of internal control is maintained, and GRAP,
• Legislation, and Council Policies are complied with
• Verification of all contract and casual employees to ensure effective delivery service/production so that payment of contract/casual wages is accurate, a system of internal control is maintained, and that GRAP,
• Legislation, and Council Policies are complied with.
• Assist the Accountant: Payroll to control the key performance areas and critical outputs of subordinates to ensure acceptable performance levels are sustained and adequate direction provided, enabling the subordinates to accomplish laid down objectives, inclusive of supervision and guidance to subordinates.
• Provides information on the status of payroll-related processes and specific procedural stakeholders understand the Municipality’s financial and processing procedures and policies in respect of payroll-related matters

CLOSING DATE 01 October 2025

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Requirements:

• Grade 12 (or equivalent NQF4 qualification) with Mathematics or Accounting
• 2-5 years’ experience in a similar work environment.
• Computer literacy in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel) and payroll systems
• Communication skills in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape

Key performance areas:

• Checking and processing of documentation regarding earnings and deductions to ensure that the salary and wage payments are correct
• Ensuring that all employees’ wage documentation is correct
• Processing third party documentation and schedules received.
• Salaries and wages requests/enquiries
• Printing of monthly pay slips.
• Maintains registers and access records of payroll related transactional processes, documentation, instructions and correspondence.

CLOSING DATE 24 September 2025

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Requirements:

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma or B. Com with financial accounting as a major subject
• Computer Literacy: MS Office
• 2 5 years’ relevant experience
• Considerable in-depth experience of the Revenue,
• Expenditure and Costing modules of SAMRAS or any equivalent ERP system
• Proven ability to extract and transform data using analytical tools like MS Excel Code EB driver’s license

Key Performance Areas:

• Co-ordinates specific sequences and performs the associated procedures required in developing the skills and enforcing the basic controls and disciplines necessary in the running of successful financial application systems
• Provides user support associated with the capability and / or of the financial application system and operations
• Analyses and provides recommendations pertaining to the financial system and capacitates end-users on specific operations

CLOSING DATE 24 September 2025

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Requirements:

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification, preferably in SCM / Logistics / Procurement / Accounting / Economics / Finance / Auditing.
• Computer literacy: MS Office
• Communication skills in at least two (2) of the three(3) official languages of the Western Cape
• 2 5 years’ relevant experience in a role related to the post.

Key Performance Areas:

• Executes the implementation of functional procures, systems and controls associated with key performance areas and result indicators of the functionality
• Execute secretarial and administration activities associated with the provision of the Bid Specification Committees
• Perform SCM Compliance evaluation on tenders and quotation documents received to verify the responsiveness of the bids
• Perform the opening and registration of tenders submitted
• Perform secretarial and administration activities associated with the provision of the Bid Evaluation and Adjudication Committees

CLOSING DATE 24 September 2025