Senior Administration Officer (Financial Management) needed at Department of Water and Sanitation

 Job Summary

• Post: Senior Administration Officer (Financial Management)
• Salary: R397 116 per annum (Level 08)
• Centre: Usutu Vaal Area Office (Standerton)
• Requirements and Expectations

Requirements:

• A National Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Financial Management.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in financial management (accounts payable, salary administration, and general ledger).
• A valid and unexpired driver’s licence will serve as an added advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial legislation, policies, practices, and procedures.
• Familiarity with financial prescripts and systems such as PFMA, Treasury Regulations, PERSAL, Basic Accounting System (SAP), LOGIS, and data analysis.
• Experience in administrative and clerical procedures and systems.
• Understanding of departmental policies and procedures, and the framework for managing performance information.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Duties

• Provide financial administration support for entity maintenance on SAP.
• Manage revenue collection for the area office.
• Handle audit queries and follow up on bad debt.
• Manage payments in the suspension account and handle various financial inquiries.
• Consolidate, capture, and balance budgets for the scheme, salary administration, and payroll.
• Analyse budget expenditure and monitor O&M and CAPEX project budgets.
• Consolidate and analyse accounting reports, and provide weekly and monthly expenditure reports.
• Provide budgets to management and cost centre managers.
• Ensure effective payroll management and compliance checks for SCM documents before purchase order creation.
• Ensure proper safekeeping of all financial records and face-value documents through efficient filing systems.
• Perform ledger and suspense account clearing, and ensure reconciliation of the area office accounts.
• Verify and certify all finance-related transactions for accuracy and compliance.
• Assist the Assistant Director in preparing credible and reliable inputs for monthly and adjustment budgets.
• Apply management accounting techniques to analyse, project, and report on expenses.
• Verify and capture journals on SAP, and draw SAP reports (expenditure control, commitments, and detailed reports) when required.
• Produce daily budget and expenditure monitoring reports, including for infrastructure programmes and grants.
• Conduct departmental expenditure trend analysis to ensure alignment with approved budgets and cash flow projections.
• Detect and correct accounting errors, including expenditure misallocations and misclassifications.
• Supervise and manage employee performance in line with departmental policies and procedures.
• Note: Candidates will be required to complete both a practical and theoretical test.

Application Closing Date: 14 November 2025, 4:30 PM