DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

 
The following will serve as an advantage: • Experience in financial analysis and scenario planning, • Experience in Cash flow management, • Experience in the development of appropriate policies.
A Certificate for entry into Senior Management Services (SMS) is compulsory.
 
DUTIES: The primary role as Director will be to manage the following:- • Oversee the provision of Financial Systems including the Provincial Debtors System maintenance • Manage the co-ordination of the departmental budget planning and development process • Manage the co-ordination of the departmental adjustment estimate process • Manage periodic reporting including variance analysis and projections in compliance with relevant prescripts. • Monitor financial performance of all departmental programmes including planning and coordination of engagements with Programme Managers on programme financial performance. • Coordinate Risk Management for the Branch.
 
 
 
 
 
DIRECTOR: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNAL CONTROL (REF NO: DOHS/03/2020)
BRANCH: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
CHIEF DIRECTORATE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORATE: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNAL CONTROL
SALARY: R1 057 326.00 PER ANNUM (ALL-INCLUSIVE SALARY PACKAGE)
CENTRE: PRETORIA
A Certificate for entry into Senior Management Services (SMS) is compulsory.
 
REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have an appropriate three-year Bachelor's degree/ diploma or equivalent qualification. At least five years experience in middle management in financial accounting, taxation and Auditing. Knowledge of government Financial Management Systems and PERSAL. Proven ability to communicate at all levels and managing teams will be important. The candidate must also have practical knowledge of the Modified Cash Basis of Accounting (MCBA), the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Treasury Regulations and related Treasury Instruction notes and guidelines, government Supply Chain Management procedures and the Division of Revenue Act. 
The following will serve as an advantage: • Serving articles of clerkship in Accounting/Auditing, • Cash flow management, • Development of appropriate policies. A Certificate for entry into Senior Management Services (SMS) is compulsory.
 
DUTIES: The primary role as Director will be to manage the following: - • Preparation of periodic financial statements • Maintenance of departmental accounting records • Ensure existence and management of provision of internal controls • Coordination of Internal and External Audits.
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ENQUIRIES: Mr L Manyama (012) 444 9138.
 
NOTE: Female candidates and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply
 
APPLICATIONS to be emailed to: dohs@ursonline.co.za, or faxed to: 086 654 1819.
APPLICATION ENQUIRIES: URS Response Handling, tel: 012 811 1900.
 
CLOSING DATE: 12 June 2020
 
NOTE: It will be expected from the selected candidates to be available for the interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department of Human Settlements. Applicants must note that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include security clearance, qualification verification and criminal records. If you apply for more than one position in the Department, please submit separate application forms for each post. Applications must be submitted on form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service department and must be accompanied by a detailed CV, together with certified copies of original qualification certificates and your ID/Passport. All copies must be certified within the past 6 months. Please ensure that the Z83 form is signed. It should be noted that certified copies of certified copies will not be accepted. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). No certified copies of certified copies (of documents) will be accepted. Only original certified copies of documents will be accepted. Failure to submit the required, originally certified documents will result in your application not being considered.
 
Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the department. 
 
Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency based assessments). 
 
Please note that the all-inclusive remuneration package consists of a basic salary, the state's contribution to the Government Employee's Fund and a flexible portion in terms of applicable rules. As of 1st July 2006, all new appointments in the public service have to be part of the Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS) in order to qualify for a Government Medical Subsidy. 
 
If you have not been contacted within four (4) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. The Department of Human Settlements reserves the right to cancel the filling/not to fill a vacancy that was advertised during any stage of the recruitment process.

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