Interim Senior Management Accountant - 12 Months Contract
Financial Control
Manage the updating and monitoring of adherence to financial policies and procedures, in line with the PFMA, other legislative prescripts and Board directives.
Contribute to and implement the financial strategy.
Monitor, review and evaluate internal control systems.
Prepare for and participate in the external audit by the Auditor General.
Prepare for and participate in relevant internal audits conducted by entity's Internal Auditors.
Financial Reporting
Prepare monthly Management Accounts with variances explanation.
Prepare all legislative reporting to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and National Treasury (NT) as per their reporting timelines i.e. prepare quarterly reports for submission to DHET and NT.
Prepare annual budgets and monitor monthly the actual spend against budget.
Review month-end financial closes, reconciliations, and related analysis of all accounts.
Verify the submission and monthly reconciliation of any statutory returns.
Prepare any other financial reports and statements for financial analysis, forecasting, trending, and results analysis, including supporting schedules.
Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities, where possible.
Analyse monthly and quarterly expenditure reports for all cost centres
Preparation of the annual financial statements, including notes and supporting Schedules.
Prepare presentations as and when required.
Support the CFO on all work-related requests.
Support departmental requests.
Support the Annual Report preparation process.
Expenditure Management
Prepare, review or approve supplier and creditor payments (including DG and MG payments) according to the Delegation of Authority (DoA).
Manage the recovery of credit notes, disallowances and subsistence and transport allowances.
Manage the allocation, reconciliation, and banking of revenue.
Manage all expenditure related queries, identify irregular expenditure, identify fruitless and wasteful expenditure and provide the information to the relevant managers.
Payroll
Draft and implement payroll administration and control policies.
Drive adherence to payroll procedures.
Coordinate and manage the entire payroll function to ensure processing deadlines and control requirements are being met.
Manage calculation of and authorize payment of termination payments (resignation/retirement/redundancy).
Review the calculation, payment, and reconciliation of payroll tax.
Manage and authorise the administration, calculation, payment and reconciliation of all Superannuation contributions and third-party payments.
Liaise with management and staff regarding all escalated pay enquiries.
Ensure submission of all statutory payments and returns by deadline dates.
Manage the preparation and reconciliation of payment summaries.
Qualifications & Experience
BCom Honours or Equivalent relevant qualifications/NQF L8
+8 years relevant experience as Senior Management Accountant/in a similar role within the public sector
Extensive experience with Caseware and SAGE
Membership with a relevant professional body.
Job Type: TemporaryContract length: 12 months
Application Question(s):
What is your availability/Notice Period?
Education:
Honours (Required)
Experience:
as Senior Management Accountant: 8 years (Required)
License/Certification:
Membership with a relevant professional body (Required)
Application Deadline: 2024/10/28
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