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Requirements

A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s. degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Law or Accounting or Finance, or Public Finance. A postgraduate degree (equivalent 126 to NQF level 8) will be an added advantage. A minimum of 4 years’ experience of which 2 years should have been on an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in developing norms and standards pertaining to financial management policies.

Knowledge and experience of the public sector financial management processes and practices, analysis and research.

Knowledge and experience of the broader financial management legislative frameworks applied within government including the Public Finance Management Act, Regulations and relevant Instructions.

Duties

Public Finance Management Reforms: Assist with the development of uniform norms and standards to facilitate the implementation of the PFMA.

Assist in developing and maintaining the PFMA and treasury regulations, toolkits, guidelines for alignment and evolvement of transversal issues to ensure consistent support to PFMA institutions.

Conduct research on domestic and international financial management best practices for integration of financial management legislation.

Manage the issuing of instructions, frameworks and guidelines pertaining to the PFMA.

Enabling State Capacity: Develop the quarterly governance report reflecting all stakeholder engagements.

Draft responses to PFMA institutions on requests to condone irregular expenditure.

Draft responses to PFMA institutions on interpretation of the PFMA and its prescripts.

Draft responses to PFMA institutions to requests for section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions.

Assist with responding to parliamentary queries.

Client and Stakeholder Engagements: Conduct capacity building and information sessions on the PFMA implementation.

Participate in partnerships with relevant institutions to achieve the outcomes of government.

Develop and maintain a database of queries related to PFMA.

Organisational Effectiveness: Provide advisory to other divisions within National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA.

Respond to PFMA related queries from other divisions within the National Treasury.

Attend meetings from other units within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA.

Assist in reviewing letters from other divisions within the National Treasury on matters related to the PFMA.

Assist in reviewing Treasury Instructions, Guidelines and Frameworks from other divisions within the National Treasury.

Assist with section 79 deviations and section 92 exemptions from other divisions within National Treasury.

Assist with dealing with matters of a transversal nature arising from other units within the National Treasury.

How to apply

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