Deputy Director: Budget Planning

Appointment requirements

• An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree) in Financial Management, Accounting, Economics or Public Finance or any other finance-related study field
• At least nine years’ relevant working experience in a financial environment, of which four years should be managerial experience
• Project management experience will be an added advantage
• Compliance with the unit standards of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), 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
• Must undergo a criminal record check (vetting and a lifestyle audit) and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost

Personal attributes and/or competencies

• Project management skills, ability to work under pressure; financial management skills; data management skills; ability to pay attention to detail; analytical thinking and problem-solving skills; exposure to local government systems

Primary functions

• Compile an annual Medium-term Revenue and Expenditure Framework for the City in line with the Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations
• Compile and develop a financial model and budget scenarios which concentrate on long-term forecasting, taking into consideration organisational strategies, such as repairs and maintenance, capital infrastructure development, etc, within the context of sustainability, affordability and economic growth in the broader context of the City’s strategic objectives
• Oversee the compilation and maintenance of trading services financial models
• Facilitate departmental budget hearings (interrogations, considerations and proposals)
• Develop and maintain the business planning and consolidation model in line with the mSCOA System Functionality Requirements on Budgeting and Financial Planning
• Develop standard operating procedures aligned to budgeting, transacting and reporting processes
• Compile the Adjustment Budget for the City in line with the Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations
• Coordinate the budget planning process with various internal key role players, such as the Integrated Development Plan Office, Development Planning Unit, etc, to ensure that there is strategic alignment between City developmental priorities and budgets
• Oversee the tariff modelling and tariff setting process
• Align budget structures and master data to mSCOA
• Ensure that the City’s mSCOA budget-related data strings are compiled, verified and successfully submitted to the National Treasury