Vacancies at Affirmative Portfolios

Key performance areas:

• Overall cybersecurity compliance, management, and training throughout the organization.
• Ensures that data integrity, and that information is kept accurate and consistent unless authorized access.
• Managing and monitoring all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Organization-wide cybersecurity and related document, process, and record management to ensure that systems and products are safe/ secure and effective.
• Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Ensuring the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• Proposes design enhancements, capacity changes, contingency and recovery.
• Arrangements as required to ensure that service targets are met within the organisation’s planned budget.
• Ensures the investigation and diagnosis of operational incidents.
• Resolve such incidents, including any capacity and availability management issues to maintain overall performance.
• Acts as the technical lead on projects relating to security, data, and voice network management.
• Provides advice and guidance on the design and development of new and changed systems to optimize operational efficiency.
• Ensures that appropriate software and specialist monitoring tools are used to maintain awareness and control of hardware and software.
• Monitors exceptional incidents and conducts or initiates investigations on system performance.
• Proposes and implements consequent improvements working towards industry top benchmark targets.
• Coach and monitor junior engineers, setting standards of performance and objectives (both collective and individual) in line with service objectives, provides direction and support to all team members ensuring that the highest professional standards are observed.
• Monitor and test application and network performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.

Competencies, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Knowledge of NIST and other security related frameworks.
• Documentation (both process documentation and records management).
• Broad knowledge of hardware, networking cyber security, vulnerability management and cloud migration.
• In-depth understanding of infrastructure and network architecture and design.
• Working knowledge on end points security solutions (firewalls, anti-virus, and network vulnerability assessments
• Access control systems
• Systems Engineering.
• Incidents detection and management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong Troubleshooting/ problem-solving ability.
• Understanding of virtual environments and containers.
• Extensive understanding of Networks switching and routing as well as Voice technologies SIP and SBS’s.
• Extensive understanding of firewalls, IPS, ACLS, DLP and vulnerability assessment.
• Understanding of Enterprise Linus and Windows servers and services.
• Experience with monitoring systems.
• Experience with automation software.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Degree / National Diploma in Information Technology / Computer Science / Information Systems or equivalent
• 3-4 year’s experience  in ICT security: (ie:4 Years senior systems engineer experience / 3 years as a team lead / 2 Years’ senior security engineer experience / 2 Years’ senior data engineer experience / 2 Years’ senior voice engineer experience)
• Certificate or equivalent in Information / IT Security such as CISSP, SISM, CCSP. ITIL would serve as an added advantage.

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Key performance areas:

• Implementing and monitoring of contracts within the finance department.
• Preparing of monthly management accounts.
• Preparing of interim and annual financial statements.
• Ensuring compliance with Accounting Policies, GRAP standards and PFMA regulations.
• Implement and maintain a sound internal control environment for the Finance department.
• Overseeing the development, review and implementation of finance policies and procedures.
• Human capital development and capacity building of the Finance team.
• Managing supplier payments and collection of debtors amounts.
• Managing the cash book and budget requirements.
• Managing and oversee preparation of the fixed asset register and asset verification.
• Managing the month-end and year-end closing of the financial records and reconciliation procedures.
• Preparation of AFS based on GRAP standards on Caseware.
• Internal and external audit preparation and coordination.
• Overseeing developments to existing or new financial management systems.
• Reviewing all financial reports to ensure accuracy and completeness of data reported on.
• Attend and submit regular reports to Management Committees.
• Assisting with preparation and submission of regular reports to the Audit and Risk Management Committee, The Department of Trade and Industry, as well as the National Treasury.
• Identify and mitigate risks within the Finance department by implementing risk management plan.
• Developing a business plan for the Finance department in line with Strategic objectives and departmental business targets of the Finance department.
• Assisting the Chief Financial Officer with all strategic matters related to budget management and reporting.

Competence, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Public sector background/ experience in a government agency environment.
• Extensive practical knowledge of the public sector financial management and supply chain management environment.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Corporate Governance.
• Governance, ethics, and values in Financial Management.
• PFMA and GRAP.
• National Treasury regulations and supply chain management prescripts.
• Operating procedures, accounting policies and reporting standards in relation to all financial aspects of the business.
• Proven record and experience in preparation of annual financial statements in the public sector.
• Ability to work on latest Caseware templates.
• Experience in preparation of Audit Committee reports.
• Strategic leadership and management
• Strategic and operational financial management
• Risk and change management
• Project management
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent administrative skills
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Minimum Requirements:

• The successful candidate must hold a three-year B.Com. Accounting Degree
• Must have successfully completed the SAICA training contract (served articles)
• CA (SA) will be an advantage
• Minimum of 7 years working experience post articles, of which 2 years’ experience must be at a financial management level role or equivalent within a similar environment.

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The TES employee(s) will be responsible for the following function / work

• Quality Assurance of the 12 SDBIPs from the various Directorates in the City 
• Checking if all the indicators that should be in the SDBIPs are accounted for in the SDBIP  
• Checking if the SDBIPs are complaint in terms of the other Scorecards in the City, including but not limited to the Key Operational Indicators, Circular 88
• and Corporate Scorecard.
• Checking if the SDBIP are in the right format.
• Maintenance of the PMP Inventory
• Assisting with liaising with the service provider producing the SDBIP book to ensure that the process runs smoothly.
• Liaising with Directorates to make changes as required during the production of the SDBIP book.
• Support the review and refinement of the M&E Guidelines as required

The TES employee(s) must meet the following requirements:

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Honours Degree in any of the following: Monitoring & Evaluation (or Advanced M&E Training); Business Administration; Accounting; Development Studies & Public Administration.
• Experience: 2 to 5 years relevant experience

Other skills /requirements (Specify)  

• Proficient in MS Excel
• Knowledge of M&E and Performance Management

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Requirements:

• Grade 12 (Matric) essential
• 1 year experience.
• Driver’s license and valid prdp essential
• Good communication (verbal and written, interpersonal, organising and planning skills.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Problem solving skills

Duties include:

• General admin
• Driving functions
• Assist loading and offloading equipment
• Coordinating trips with other drivers
• Time management
• Maintaning driver logs