2025 Government Jobs | Latest Opportunities ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: FINANCE, AUDIT
| Job Title: | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: FINANCE, AUDIT |
| Company: | Government |
| Job Reference: | G12/2025 |
| Category: | Government Jobs |
| Location: | Pretoria, ZA |
| Employment Type: | Contractor |
| Date Posted: | 2025-08-27T23:15 |
| Closing Date: | 2025-09-06T01:15 |
| Salary: | ZAR 468459 - 551823 per year |
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: FINANCE, AUDIT - Job Description
Introduction
Term: 24 Months Fixed-Term contract The purpose of this role is to lead and support the financial administration, audit, and verification functions of the Jobs Fund (JF). 2025 Government Jobs | Latest Opportunities ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: FINANCE, AUDIT
Responsibilities
This includes overseeing financial planning, budgeting, reporting, internal controls, and compliance with relevant legislation and policies. The role ensures accurate financial documentation, supports audits, and contributes to continuous improvement in financial processes. Financial Administration and Operations: Oversee the collection, verification, and processing of financial documents and invoices. Ensure timely and accurate payments to service providers and consultants. Maintain financial databases and spreadsheets. Process travel claims and compile monthly reconciliations. Ensure the filing and accessibility of financial records for audit purposes. Verification of project financial records for accuracy and completeness. Budgeting and Planning: Assist in the compilation of budget drawdown projections and annual budgets. Support resource requirement assessments and financial projections. Prepare and consolidate budget submissions for MTEF and ENE. Track project progress against financial obligations. Financial Reporting: Compile monthly, quarterly, and annual expenditure reports. Monitor and verify management accounting information. Ensure budget managers provide variance explanations. Prepare databases for reporting and audit purposes. Assist in checking the accuracy and completeness of project budget submissions for approval by the Deputy Director General. Assist in on-site financial evidence verification work for projects as required. Audit and Verification: Assist in the review of project audits and compilation of progress logs against outcomes of the audits. Support the JF and JFP team as they prepare for the JF Project audits. Verify financial records and ensure compliance with Fund protocols. Assist in risk assessments and process improvement initiatives. Assist with the compilation of all financial evidence in preparation for the Fund’s Audits. Assist in supporting external auditors and their information requirements as part of the Audit process. Procurement and Contract Management: Develop and implement procurement plans. Assist in procurement processes and contract management. Ensure compliance with GTAC procedures and guidelines. Asset and Bank Reconciliation: Maintain fixed asset registers and conduct asset verification. Prepare payroll and cost recovery journals. Perform monthly bank reconciliations. Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on financial matters. Provide guidance on workflow processes and compliance requirements. Support with service providers and consultants
Required Qualifications
A Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma/ BTech degree (NQF Level 7) in Finance, Accounting, Auditing or related field. A minimum of 2-5 years’ experience in financial management or the administration of budgets, accounting and/or financial auditing. Experience in the public service would be advantageous. Competencies Required: Financial Management: Knowledge and ability to apply financial management practices, processes, controls and systems associated with budgeting and expenditure management, revenue management, financial and chartered accounting, supply chain management, asset management and financial risk and audit management. Computer Literacy: Knowledge and ability to use computers and technology efficiently. Refers to the comfort level someone has with using computer programs and other applications associated with computers (MS Office, Internet, email). Internal Control/ Audit: Knowledge of how to evaluate control systems for financial, administrative, programme, and operational activities to provide reasonable assurances that obligations, costs and disbursements comply with applicable regulations and laws, that property is funded, and assets are safeguarded; and that revenues and expenditures applicable to operations are properly recorded and accounted for. Project Management: Knowledge of project management principles, methods, or tools for appraising, conceptualising, structuring, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring, evaluating and reporting on project impact, costs, work, and contractor performance. Public Finance Economics: Knowledge of the field of economics that studies government activities and the alternative means of financing them. Client Service Orientation: Client-service orientation implies helping or serving others to meet their needs. It means focusing on discovering those needs, figuring out how to best meet them, as well as putting into practice the Batho Pele spirit. The term “clients” refers to both internal and external clients. Effective Communication: Ability to transmit and receive information clearly and communicate effectively to others by considering their points of view in order to respond appropriately. This may involve listening, interpreting, formulating and delivering verbal, non-verbal, written, and/or electronic messages. It includes the ability to convey ideas and information in a way that brings understanding to the target audience. Integrity/ Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organisation; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organisation, self, and others; is trustworthy. Results Orientation: Concern for holding yourself and others accountable for achieving results or for surpassing a standard of excellence.
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