Director: Financial Management

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Director of Financial Management within the Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government. It is a senior leadership position at Salary Level 13, offering an all-inclusive salary package of R1 317 384 per annum. The position falls under Dpsa Circular 37 Of 2026. **What you will do** The successful candidate will be responsible for: * Providing strategic management, advice, and guidance across various functional areas. * Ensuring a departmental management accounting service, including: * Managing budget planning for revenue and expenditure. * Overseeing the departmental budget process. * Preparing inputs for strategic and annual performance plans. * Managing the Medium Term Expenditure Committee (MTEC) process. * Maintaining and monitoring financial information. * Preparing estimated revenue and expenditure breakdowns. * Managing fund rollovers. * Developing and maintaining relevant policies, procedures, and processes. * Ensuring integrated, effective, and efficient in-year budget monitoring, reporting, and adjustment. * Managing the monitoring of revenue and expenditure. * Managing monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting processes. * Managing revenue and expenditure adjustments estimates. * Ensuring a departmental financial accounting service, including: * Providing expenditure and general payment services. * Ensuring effective accounting systems for transfers, subsidies, and Basic Accounting System (BAS)/Logistical Information System (LOGIS) payments. * Providing bookkeeping and financial accounting services. * Performing BAS systems control. * Compiling financial statements. * Performing credit control services. * Providing salary administration and debt management services. * Strategic Management (including change management): * Defining and continually reviewing the directorate's purpose, objectives, priorities, and activities. * Driving the directorate’s strategic planning process and the development/management of strategic and business plans. * Evaluating the directorate’s performance against objectives and standards. * Reporting regularly to the Chief Director on directorate activities and important operational matters. * Monitoring and ensuring compliance with legislation regarding record-keeping. * Fostering a culture of innovation. * Diligently performing all assigned duties. * People Management: * Participating in employee recruitment. * Motivating, training, and guiding employees. * Actively managing employee performance, evaluation, and rewards. * Monitoring information capacity building. * Ensuring involvement in workforce, service delivery improvement, and information resources plans. * Promoting sound labour relations and managing discipline. * Financial Management: * Managing participation in the budgeting process at the directorate level. * Ensuring the preparation of annual and adjustment budgets for the directorate. * Assuming direct accountability for efficient, economic, and effective control of the directorate’s budget and expenditure. * Ensuring adherence to correct tender and procurement procedures. * Ensuring effective contract management. * Aligning spending with strategic objectives. * Reporting on all financial aspects of the directorate. * Assuming overall accountability for asset management and safekeeping. * Ensuring appropriate risk management procedures are in place and adhered to. * Ensuring full and proper financial records are kept. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * An appropriate undergraduate qualification (NQF Level 7) or higher, as recognised (SAQA). * A minimum of five (5) years’ experience at a middle/senior managerial level. * **Competencies:** * Proven Knowledge of: * Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies, and best practices relevant to line functions. * Information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function. * Programme and project management. * Procurement and tendering processes. * Policy development and strategy management, monitoring, and review processes. * Modern systems of governance and administration. * **Core Competencies:** * Strategic Capability and Leadership. * Project and Programme Management. * Change Management. * People Management and Empowerment. * Financial Management. * **Skills:** * Numeracy. * Literacy. * Computer Literacy. * Language skills. * Project Management. * Accounting. * Finance. * Audit. * Strategic Planning. **Who should apply** An individual with an appropriate undergraduate qualification (NQF Level 7) or higher, coupled with at least five years of middle/senior managerial experience. The ideal candidate will possess proven knowledge of financial legislation, regulatory frameworks, information and knowledge management systems, programme and project management, procurement, policy development, strategy management, governance, and administration. Strong strategic, leadership, project, change, people, and financial management core competencies are essential. Additionally, the candidate should demonstrate strong numeracy, literacy, computer, language, project management, accounting, finance, audit, and strategic planning skills. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/western-cape-department-of-social-development-vacancies-dpsa-circular-37-of-2026#spani-ref-dsd-100-2026 Source: govpage

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