Assistant Director: Financial Planning REF NO: 3/1/1/1/2026/223

Department of Land Reform and Rural Development · Pretoria, Gauteng

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REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in a possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Diploma in Financial Management / Cost and Management Accounting / or equivalent qualifications NQF Level 6. Minimum of 3 years of experience at a supervisory level in the budget planning environment. A valid driver's licence.
Job related knowledge: Budget systems. Computer accounting software. Knowledge of Financial Accounting Systems. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP.
Job related skills: Project management. Team management. Interpersonal relations. Budget forecasting. Advanced Computer literacy Excel etc.. Planning and organising. Resource planning. Problem solving and decision making. Time management. Business management. Communication verbal and written. Ability to work within a team.

Initiate budget compilation process annually. Develop, implement and evaluate budget inputs for budget framework processes, Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure AENE, Medium Term Expenditure Framework MTEF, Estimates of National Expenditure ENE and Roll-overs. Manage Branch budget processes as per the action plan.
Attend information sessions for budget programmes managers. Consolidate budget input from the Branch. Monitor budget in accordance with the vote. Monitor budget implementation for programmes in accordance with the appropriation bill.
Monitor the implementation for capturing the original budget ENE and adjust budget AENE on Basic Accounting System BAS annually. Manage Standard Charts of Accounts SCOA segment aligned to vote. Monitor and advice responsibility managers to relocate budget to items with negative balance.
Monitor balancing report at the end of the month. Monitor and advise with the preparation of realignment documents quarterly. Manage the budget maintenance. Monitor the implementation of BAS budget structures. Monitor economic reporting format allocation combinations.