Job Description

ELIGIBILITY



Suitably qualified candidates



CLOSING DATE



08.08.2025



REFERENCE NUMBER



FIN 63/25 Ext



SALARY

TCOE Salary:

R1 071 429 p.a



DEPARTMENT



Budgets



DIRECTORATE



FINANCE Senior Professional Officer - Cost Allocation



Requirements



A relevant degree (BCom) with Cost Management

Accounting as final year major subject



Five (5) to eight (8) years' relevant experience in a cost

management analysis environment



Municipal Finance Management Act - minimum competency

qualification will be an advantage



Advanced MS Excel and MS Word proficiency DAX/Power Query, Power BI and Power Pivot proficiency Working experience in SAP or ERP environment while CIMA

accreditation will be an advantage



Postgraduate qualification with Cost Management

Accounting as major subject will be an advantage.



Key Performance Areas



Apply professional knowledge within a costing environment

through analysis of costing information in the evaluation of



the performance and utilisation of internal resources,



reviewing and identification of inefficiencies



Provide immediate management and various other

departments with reports for business decisions on



controlling expenditures, offer professional services in the



management of change in costing recovery approaches



Generate extensive analysis in secondary cost data and its

relation to primary cost to support the budget process and



managing cost improvement initiatives and internal controls



Establish and initiate analytic cost management reporting

processes



Analyse and interpret cost management data, report

outcome and develop recommendations in the appropriate



format



Design, develop and analyse cost and management reports Ensure costing data are accurately reported as per the

mSCOA guidelines for the costing segment



Conduct research and investigations to implement a full

range of complex programmes, systems or other specialist



initiatives



Design and implement visualisations and report to relevant

stakeholders