Senior Management Accountant

Industry: Government / Job Expires: 2024-05-27 00:00:00 / Location: Gauteng

Purpose

The purpose of this role is to perform various operational finance functions, aiding sound business operations.

Minimum Requirements

• BCom Honours or equivalent qualification in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Senior Management Accountant role.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the public sector.
• Membership with a relevant professional body will be advantageous.

Main Duties

1. 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.

2. Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly Management Accounts with variances explanation.
• Prepare all legislative reporting to the Department of Higher Education and Innovation and National Treasury as per their reporting timelines.
• 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 financial reports and statements for financial analysis, forecasting, trending, and results analysis, including supporting schedules
• Analyse monthly and quarterly expenditure reports for all cost centres and submit information to the Reporting, Risk and Compliance Manager.
• Contribute to the preparation of the annual financial statements, including notes and supporting Schedules.

3. Expenditure Management

• Approve supplier and creditor payments. 
• Approve procurement of goods & services. 
• 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.

4. Financial Accounting

• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities. 
• Approve all relevant journal entries when required. 
• Analyse the monthly financial reports, monitor trends and drive appropriate action. 
• Manage creditors and oversee the monthly reconciliation. Authorise adjustments and access to financial databases (e.g. for new clients, and creditors).

5. 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 authorise payment of termination payments. (resignation/retirement/redundancy).
• Manage 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. 
• Establish and manage the payroll records management system, including archiving and filing. Coordinate workers compensation payments. 
• Establish a system for checking and auditing all payrolls to assure compliance with policy and legislation.

Location: Johannesburg

Duration: 12 Months

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 4 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

To apply please send your CV to Intern2@heitha.co.za