Director: Cash And Financial Control

Appointment requirements

• An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree) in Financial Management, Accounting, Economics or Public Finance or any other finance-related study field
• At least nine years' working experience in a financial environment, of which four years should be managerial experience
• Compliance with the unit standards of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), as prescribed by Regulation 493 of 15 June 2007, as published in Government Gazette 29967 of 15 June 2007, will be an added advantage
• A valid Code B driving licence
• Computer literacy
• Must undergo a criminal record check (vetting and a lifestyle audit) and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost

Personal attributes and/or competencies

• Financial management: Drive the optimisation of the City of Tshwane's financial management through standard operating procedures
• Financial reporting: Identify the overall objectives of financial reporting, the specific information needs of stakeholders and the general information needs of others
• Organisational awareness: Understand the key drivers in the sector and the City of Tshwane and apply this understanding to meet service delivery objectives and challenges
• Planning and organising: Plan activities within specific time frames and then execute these activities according to plan

Primary functions

• Oversee and manage the Cash and Financial Control Section
• Identify and define immediate, short- and long-term objectives
• Manage the coordination and approval of monthly bank reconciliation, over- and underbank reconciliation and sundry reconciliations regarding the cash book
• Coordinate the accurate, complete and timely recording of transactions regarding bank reconciliation, over- and underbank and transactions with third-party pay points
• Coordinate electronic banking transactions
• Coordinate the accurate, complete recording of transactions regarding third-party refunds
• Coordinate the interface process
• Manage petty cash and cash floats
• Manage the reconciliation of own suspense accounts
• Manage internal control systems and reconciliation of control accounts
• Manage audits
• Manage VAT matters