Reference number FISE590-2024

Job purpose

• To maintain the City’s budgeting systems in compliance with the Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA) and to compile useful management information and required National Treasury Budget Reform reports through SAP reporting

Appointment requirements

• An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree) in Informatics, Accounting or Financial Management or any other study field related to the position
• At least six years’ relevant working experience in a financial environment
• Must undergo vetting and a lifestyle audit
• Compliance with the MFMA unit standards, 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 with SAP, Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) and advanced Excel knowledge

Personal attributes and/or competencies

• Verbal and written communication skills; planning and organising skills; financial management skills; ability to work under pressure; good interpersonal skills; negotiation skills; conflict-handling skills

Primary functions

• Set up budgeting, planning and monitoring business processes in line with MFMA Circular 80 specifications of business processes for compliance with mSCOA regulations
• Gather, research, interpret and analyse business requirements and recommend solutions for project-driven planning, linking the operational and capital budget and reporting in terms of the seven mSCOA segments to the Integrated Development Plan
• Assist with the enablement and maintenance of SAP BPC for mSCOA budgeting
• Align, purify and maintain master data together with the development of strategies to ensure that the correct data is uploaded to SAP
• Create and maintain new general ledger accounts, cost centres, work breakdown structures, mSCOA short codes and linkages to the correct budget structures in line with mSCOA requirements
• Maintain the mSCOA vault or workbench
• Assist with system developments and maintenance for mSCOA reporting
• Extract data from the mandatory six mSCOA segments and upload to the National Treasury Local Government Database portal of the following budget, project and reporting data strings: mSCOA Monthly Submission of Actuals (Transactions Strings); Monthly submissions (Debtors Age Analysis); Monthly submissions (Creditors Age Analysis); Quarterly submissions (Borrowing Monitoring (external loans; Quarterly submissions (Layout for loans/Bonds); Quarterly submissions Investment monitoring); Quarterly submissions (Layout for Investments); PROR (Projects Data Strings); TABB (Draft Budget); ORGB (Approved Budget); ADJB (Adjusted Budget)
• Assist in ensuring that the information submitted to the National Treasury by the City meets the technical requirements for National Treasury validation tests
• Develop and align integrated data management solutions for relevant SAP modules
• Identify change management requirements and provide divisional and departmental capacity development and training aligned to financial management policies and system enhancements
• Provide technical support to all departments and entities of the City in the implementation of mSCOA budget processes
• Assist with the compilation of Schedules A, B and C of the Municipal Budgeting and Reporting Regulations for the Medium-term Revenue and Expenditure Framework