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RICHMOND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
 
The Richmond Municipality hereby invites suitably qualified applicants to apply for the following contract position.
 
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
CONTRACT DURATION: 5 YEARS
Remuneration Package: Negotiable, attractive, competitive remuneration package for Category 1 Municipality as per Local Government Municipal System Act and Regulations: Appointment and conditions of employment of Senior Managers as well as 2018 Government Gazette No. 42023 on the upper limits of total remuneration packages payable to Municipal Managers and Managers accountable to Municipal Managers.
 

 
Requirements: • An appropriate and recognized NQF Level 7 qualification in fields of Accounting, Finance or Economics or Chartered Accountant (SA) • Minimum of 5 years' relevant management experience at senior and middle management levels, of which at least 3 years' must have been at senior management • Compliance with the MFMA: Minimum Competency Levels in unit standards as per Government Notice No. R493 of Gazette No. 29967 of 15 June 2007 • Advanced knowledge of local government Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), National Treasury Regulations and other legislation applicable to local government, Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) and key financial management/governance standards and performance objectives • Proven successful institutional transformation within public or private sector • Sound knowledge and understanding of computer packages (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MSOutlook) •Valid Code B driver's licence.


Essential knowledge, skills and competencies required: The successful candidate must have:• Generic management competencies, strategic capability, programme and project management, financial management, change management • Service delivery innovation, knowledge management, problem solving and analytical thinking, people and diversity management, client orientation and customer focus, communication, accountability and ethical conduct • Knowledge of strategic financial and performance management, operational financial management, supply chain management, Audit and accountability, the Constitutional requirements for local government and local government legislation • Local government powers and functions, including assignment of national and - provincial functions, developmental local government, performance management and reporting, sophisticated understating of the global, national and regional context in which the Municipality operates • Sophisticated understating of the local, regional, national and international political context, legislation, policy and implementation • Expert knowledge in more than one functional field/discipline • Skills in analytical thinking, policy conceptualisation and implementation, conflict management, risk and change management, mediations skills, diversity management, strategic leadership and management, project management, governance, ethics and values.

Key performance areas: •As contained in Section 81 of the MFMA, including but not limited to:• Provision of strategic financial management direction, advice and leadership to the Budget and Treasury, Revenue, Expenditure and Supply Chain Management functions • Provision of an effective financial management system inclusive of policies, procedures, financial operating standards, practices, anti-corruption measures and an effective accounting system within the Municipality • Provision of strategic direction to the financial planning and budgeting process within the Municipality and ensure that' strategies are consistent with the Constitution, MFMA, Treasury Regulations and annual Division of Revenue Act • Ensuring that effective revenue collection systems that are consistent with the Municipal Systems Act and Municipal Property Rates Act are in place, including effective system of expenditure management • Overseeing the compilation of financial statements and application of efficient and effective control systems • Supporting the Accounting Officer and other Senior Managers in the execution of their functions• Managing and ensuring productive utilisation of personnel within the Budget and Treasury Office • Overall responsibility for the implementation of efficient, effective and economic financial systems in the Municipality.
 


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Application form (available in the Municipal website) NOT Z83 together with acomprehensive CV and certified copies of ID, driver's licence and qualificationsmust be sent to: The Acting Municipal Manager, Richmond Municipality, Private BagX 1028, Richmond, 3780 or hand deliver at: No. 57 Shepstone Street, Richmond, 3780.
 
NOTE: • Qualification and SA citizenship checks will be conducted on all short-listed candidates. Security vetting will be done • Successful candidates will be subjected to additional checks including competency assessment. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) • The successful candidate will be required to sign an employment contract before commencement of duty, a performance agreement and disclosure of financial interest
• E-mailed, faxed or late applications will not be accepted.
 
The appointee must attain the minimum competency level in the unit standards for each competency area within 18 months from the date of appointment. If the required minimum competency area is not attained within the 18th month period the employment contract will terminate automatically within one month after the applicable period.
 
Enquiries regarding the post can be directed to: Human Resources Manager, Mrs P.A.Mncwabe, at tel. (033) 212 2155.
 
CLOSING DATE: 31 JULY 2019.
 
Kindly note that should you not be contacted within a period of 30 days after the closingdate, consider your application as unsuccessful.
 
The Municipality is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and iscommitted to empowering disabled people.
 
MR S.D. MKHIZE: ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER