ACCOUNTANT BUDGET AND REPORTING

R 478 031/R502 340/R527 833 (Plus: Contribution to Medical Aid, Pension Fund, Group Life, Housing Allowance)

REQUIREMENTS

1. Grade 12.
2. A relevant three (03) year tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma or B Com with financial accounting as a major subject.

EXPERIENCE

DUTIES:

Budget Administration:

• Assist with managing communication between the budget Office and top management, head of departments and political structures.
• Perform extraction and capturing of financial information and statistics relating to budgeted figures.
• Supply correctly and timeously.
• Approve expenditure in terms of delegated authority.
• Ensure effective control and management of the budget.
• Ensure effective record keeping (both electronically and hard copies) of sources documents relating to the expenditure incurred.
• Apply strict budget and financial control to ensure the implementation on the budget through monetary and budgetary control reports.
• Assist with designing, administering and maintaining of all vote structures on the financial system.
• Inform managers and heads of department of budget virements.
• Perform preliminary checks on budget virements to ensure correctness in terms of policy, budget regulations and other applicable legislation.
• Advise divisional manager of budgeted revenue.
• Implement improved budgets, capture budget on the financial system and control to ensure that it balances always.
• Ensure that expenditure is in accordance with the approved budget and advising corrections to be done under the supervision.
• Analyse votes to determine correctness of allocations.
• Scrutinise expenditure to identify fruitless, wasteful, irregular and unauthorised expenditure.
• Prepare mid-year budget and performance assessment report for first six months of a financial year, considering monthly statements (section 21), SDBIP’s, service delivery targets and performance.
• Prepare and disclose information as per MFMA and applicable accounting standards, including among other expenditure trends, deviations, etc.
• Assist with the tabling of the annual reports by submission of the budgeted figures for inclusion and other information as may be required.
• Assist with compilation, preparation and disclosure of information as required for statistical purposes.
• Liaise with internal/external auditors regarding the provision of information and documents in respect of budget.
• Capture and/or approval of payments on banking system.

Managing Transfer and Subsidies Project Expenditure:

• Checking payments for correctness and compliance.
• Authorising payments on Munsoft.
• Monthly reporting on expenditure on transfers.
• Monthly reporting on project expenditure for Local Municipalities.
• Calculation of work in process inventory to be included in the Annual Financial Statements.
• Prepare letters to Local Municipalities with supporting documentation on Transfers and Subsidies Projects that was completed during the financial year, projects that is work in process and General expenditure.
• Calculation of commitments on projects roll over projects to be included in the Annual Financial Statement.

Annual multi-year budget and adjustment:

• Assist with co-ordination and administration of the budget timetable at least ten (10) months before the start of the budget year setting/outlining key deadlines for the preparation, tabling and approval of the annual budget.
• Assist with information as input to the municipality’s IDP, in line with national budget, the relevant provincial budget, national government fiscal and macro-economic policy, annual Division of Revenue Act, budget related policies and any agreements reached at the budget forum meetings.
• Assist with providing any information relating to the budget to the National Treasury, national departments, any other organ of the state and other municipalities affected by the budget.
• Assist to Co-ordinate and ensure that budget input sheets are submitted timeously to all disciplines.
• Gather, capture and process collected budget figure (operational/Capital) into the budget programmes.
• Advise and provide guidance to all disciplines and functionaries to prepare the budget input sheets and determine budgeted figures.
• Investigate and calculate available sources of funding, taking into account the DORA, grant funds, donations, external funding and own funds.
• Assist with producing a consolidated annual draft budget.
• Assist with budget forum meetings with relevant functionaries to revise, adjust and prioritise capital projects with available resources.
• Assisting with arranging budget forums meetings with relevant functionaries to revise, adjust and prioritise operating budget with available resources and macro indicators from National Treasury.
• Assist with preparing and compiling the budget document with supporting documents in accordance with National Treasury prescriptions and budget reform input forms.
• Compile projected cash flow for the budget by revenue source broken down per month.
• Advise on the revision of budget related policies and including any proposed amendments into the budget document.
• Assist functional divisions with complying with Section 19 of MFMA and the tabling of a consolidated report to Council.
• Provide budgeted information to functional divisions for compilation of draft service delivery and budget implementation plan for the budget.

Supervisory Duties:

• Supervise the performance of subordinates.
• Provide advice and direction on daily duties.
• Providing guidance to administration personnel on administration systems, procedures, legislations and regulations.
• Recommend disciplinary action and undertake preliminary investigations.
• Monitor and ensure that health and safety procedures are adhered to.
• Resolving conflicts amongst the administration staff members by applying conflict resolution guidelines or procedures.
• Identify training needs.
• Train subordinates on the job.
• Monitor and verify time and log sheets.
• Monitor and verify all duties performed by personnel to achieve proper and fair administration of the council funds.
• Attend to routine personnel administrative matters for the organisation and ensure that the rules of GRAP and other good accounting practices are adhered to.

Procurement: Manages the procurement process according to prevailing legislation, norms and standards.

Budgeting: Establishes and manages credible budgets within legislative, political and administrative mandates.

Management: Drives optimisation of financial management of the municipality through use of standard operating procedures.

Costing: Ability to produce costing based on best-practice, political imperatives.

Financial Reporting: Ability to identify overall objectives of financial reporting, specific information needs of stakeholders & the general information needs of others.

Financial Process Management: Ability to support an effective, economic and efficient finance function through.

PLEASE NOTE:

Nkangala District Municipality is a designated, equal opportunity, representative employer. It acknowledges its mandate to take affirmative action measures to ensure equitable representation of suitably qualified people from designated groups in all occupational levels and categories and promotes representivity based on race, gender, and disability in Local Government through the filling of positions. Candidates whose will promote the EE target and goals of the Municipality will therefore receive preference. People living with disability, black, Indians, women, white males are encouraged to apply, although this does not suggest that the process of recruitment excludes members from non – designated groups.

PLEASE NOTE:The successful candidates will undergo security and qualifications vetting. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. Applicants should apply online attaching: an application letter, detailed cv together with certified copies of qualifications and identity document, as well as the completed NDM approved general application form for employment (available from Council’s web site www.nkangaladm.gov.za) and apply through the link https://e-recruit.nkangaladm.gov.za. Nkangala District Municipality reserves the right not to fill any of the positions.

Closing Date: 06 February 2025 @ 16:30

For enquiries: Contact Ms Susan Silinda on (013) 249 2082

The Nkangala District Municipality is a Category C municipality in the Mpumalanga Province. It is one of the three districts in the province, making up 22% of its geographical area.