Job Description

Assistant Director: Finance REF NO: HR4/4/5/69
Salary: R424 104 per annum CENTRE: Provincial Office: KZN Requirements: Three (3) year National Diploma (NQF 6)/ Undergraduate Bachelor Degree (NQF 7) in Accounting/ Financial Management/ Cost and Management Accounting/ Internal Audit. Four (4) years' experience of which two (2) years must be at Supervisory level and two (2) years functional experience in finance. Valid driver's License. Knowledge: Public Service Transformation and management issues, White Paper on transformation of Public Service, Public Service Act, Ability to convert policy into action, Public Service Regulations and relevant prescripts, Departmental policies and procedures, Batho Pele principles, Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining Systems, Minimum Information Security Standards. Skills: Administration and Finance Management, Verbal and written communication, Interpersonal relations, Ability to build high- performance teams, Computer literacy, Project management. Duties: Manage the process of financial accounting to ensure compliance with all financial prescripts, PFMA, Treasury Regulations, etc. Manage user access to financial and personnel systems (BAS, Persal, Safety web, etc). Coordinate, review, analyse the provincial budget and utilization of resources. Monitor the management of revenue, petty cash and debt in the province. Manage expenditure in the province. Manage all resources in the section. ENQUIRIES: Mr M Mwelase Tel 031 366 2316. Applications: Chief Director: Provincial Operations: PO Box 940, Durban, 4000 Or hand deliver at 267 Anton Lembede Street, Durban. For Attention: Sub-directorate: Human Resources Operations, Provincial Office: KZN
It is the Department's intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representivity in line with the numeric targets as contained in our Employment Equity plan.
CLOSING DATE: 17 November 2023 at 16:00 NOTE/ Instruction: Applications quoting the relevant reference number must be submitted on the new form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.gov.za/documents. Received applications using the incorrect application for employment (old Z83) will not be considered. Each application for employment form must be fully completed, initialled and signed by the applicant. Failure to fully complete, initial and sign this form may lead to disqualification of the application during the selection process. All fields of Section A, B, C and D of the Z83 must be completed in full. Section E, F, G (Due to the limited space on the Z83 it is acceptable for applicants to indicate refer to CV or see attached. A recently updated comprehensive CV (with detailed previous experience) is required. The questions related to conditions that prevent re-appointment under Part F must be answered. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications and other related documents on or before the day of the interview following the communication from Human Resources and such qualification(s) and other related document(s) will be in line with the requirements of the advert. Foreign qualification must be accompanied by an evaluation report issued by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) (only when shortlisted). Applicants who do not comply with the above-mentioned instruction/ requirements, as well as applications received late will not be considered. The Department does not accept applications via email or fax. Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The requirements for application of Senior Management Services(SMS) include the successful completion of a SMS Pre-entry programme(Nyukela) as endorsed by the National School Government (NSG). Prior to appointment, a candidate (s) should therefore have proof that they have registered for the Pre-Entry Certificate and have completed the course. The cost for Nyukela is at the applicants own expense. The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into SMS and the full details can be obtained by following the below link:https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entryprogramme/. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical competency exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement. The Department is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The Employment Equity Plan of the Department shall inform the employment decision. It is the Department's intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s)