Job Description

CORPORATE SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES
ISDG SCARCE SKILLS GRADUATE TRAINEE: FINANCE
BASIC SALARY: R245 549 PER ANNUM REF NO: CS 156/25 CIVIC CENTRE, CAPE TOWN
Requirements:

• Unemployed South African graduates to participate in the Infrastructure Skills Development Grant (ISDG) Training programme within the City of Cape Town on a three years contract.
• National Diploma/ B Tech / Bachelors degree in cost and Management Accounting/ Finance
• Two (2) years relevant experience in Local Government Finance
• Knowledge of Government legislation relevant to Education and Training practices
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Management Policy
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Planning and organising skills with good attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office package.

Key performance areas:

• Manage the implementation of financial controls/procedures and provide information to support financial planning sequences to comply with MFMA and other pertinent legislation, policies and procedures
• Monitor and control expenditure and income within the district by extracting monthly reposts and analysing monthly reports
• Monitor and control expenditure and income within the ETD by extracting monthly reports and analysing income and expenditure
• Prepare virements and journals
• Provide consolidated financial information in the form of inventory analysis, forecasting, expenditure analysis
• Monitor compliance performance and compilation of data
• Facilitate the implementation of corporate financial related policies and procedures in support of legislation, good governance and service delivery.

Please apply online at www.capetown.gov.za/careers (external applicants) or via the SAP Portal (internal applicants) unless otherwise stated.
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Closing date: 17 October 2025

• Please quote the reference number of the vacancy in all communications.
• Certified copies of qualifications must be available on request.
• Copies of supporting documents will not be returned.
• Kindly note that applications will not be acknowledged in writing.
• Visit our website at www.capetown.gov.za/careers
• No late applications will be considered.
• If no notification of appointment is received within three (3) months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Skills Required