Accountant General DDG Level

SUMMARY:
The successful candidate will provide strategic foresight to the Office of the Accountant General (OAG) in its mandate to promote and enforce transparency and effective management in respect of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of departments, public entities, constitutional institutions and local government and to facilitate accountability and governance through creating a transparent environment in the management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities in the Public Service

POSITION INFO:

Duties include but not limited to:
-Enforce transparency and management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities
-Research best practices, develop and implement Accounting Policies
-Advise and guide National and Provincial departments on accounting and reporting practices
-Produce Annual Financial Statements formats in accordance with Generally Recognised Accounting Practices (GRAP)
-Engage different stakeholders in productive dialogues to develop creative policy options, guidance and solutions with regards to financial management, accounting and reporting and governance
-Produce audited consolidated Annual Financial Statements for national departments and state owned entities and table these at parliament in terms of the PFMA
-Develop strategic insights through interaction with accounting officers, executive authorities, and oversight structures and accordingly suggest solutions to problems relating to public financial management as well as enforce legislations
-Facilitate a conducive environment for the economic management of government resources
-Facilitate and monitor compliance to the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
-Propose remedial actions for non-compliance in liaison with relevant authorities and where necessary suggest punitive actions
-Provide guidelines and support and training to all entities on asset management
-Financial Management Policy and Compliance Improvement
-Develop guidelines to strengthen the monitoring and oversight responsibilities of executive authorities and relevant parliamentary structures
-Monitor the improvement of financial management in national and provincial institutions
-Develop an annual financial statements reporting pack for national and provincial departments
-Contribute towards developing of local and international standards on accounting, auditing and risk management
-Develop and implement a financial management capacity building strategy
-Facilitate the academic support programme for Chartered Accountants Academy (CAA) and other accountants in government
-Benchmark, Research with respect to accounting best practices and policy development:
-Initiate benchmarking exercises with reputable international accounting firms on best practices and methodologies
-Develop a robust research platform to stay abreast of current and future practices
-Integrate and align best practices benchmarked with recognised organisations pertaining to policy development in Accounting, Financial Management, Internal Audit, and Risk Management
-Maintain a robust capacity building set-up to enable continuous development of processes and systems in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
 
Minimum Requirements:
-An NQF level 8 (Honours/CTA) degree
-A Masters (NQF level 9) in Accounting / CA(SA) / MBA qualification will be an added advantage
-A minimum of 8 -10 years’ experience at a senior managerial level in enforcement of financial management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of departments, public entities, constitutional institutions and local government
-In-depth knowledge of government operations
-Knowledge of the PFMA, Treasury Regulations and other applicable prescripts and frameworks
-Knowledge and experience of policy development and disseminations for the improvement of service delivery in the Public Service
-The ability to persuade and negotiate at all levels
-Problem-solving and Innovative capability
-People management and empowerment skills.

Should you meet the above requirements, please upload your CV onto our website www.------. [CV’S VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED]
Should you not hear from us by the 15th April 2021, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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