Deputy Director: Internal Control & Compliance

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**Overview** The National Treasury is seeking a Deputy Director for Internal Control & Compliance to join the Office of the Director-General (ODG). This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position based in Pretoria, with a salary of R932,292 per annum (including benefits). The primary purpose of this role is to manage and oversee the Department's internal control and financial compliance environment. This involves monitoring adherence to the Public Finance Management Act, Treasury Regulations, and financial policies; coordinating assurance processes; managing financial irregularities like unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure; advising senior management on control, audit, financial reporting, and governance matters; and monitoring corrective actions to ensure sound financial management within the National Treasury. **What you will do** * **Audit and assurance coordination:** * Coordinate annual external audits and internal assurance processes, including planning, information requests, management responses, technical engagements, and evidence submission. * Maintain audit request, finding, and action-plan registers; follow up on outstanding information; and monitor the implementation and closure of agreed corrective actions. * Review draft audit findings, management reports, and audit reports; facilitate engagements with assurance providers and affected business units; and escalate significant unresolved matters. * **Financial reporting oversight and technical assurance:** * Coordinate and quality-assure the preparation, review, adjustment, and submission of interim and annual financial statements according to applicable public-sector reporting frameworks. * Review financial information and supporting evidence for completeness, accuracy, and compliance; coordinate the resolution of reporting queries; and provide technical advice on accounting and disclosure matters. * **Non-compliant expenditure and loss control:** * Oversee the identification, assessment, determination, recording, and reporting of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure, including maintaining relevant registers and audit trails. * Oversee departmental loss cases, liability assessments, recoveries, write-offs, and referrals for financial recovery, disciplinary action, criminal or forensic investigation, and control improvement where applicable. * **Internal control, governance, policy, and advisory services:** * Plan and oversee risk-based reviews of financial management, procurement, contract management, and related processes to identify non-compliance, control weaknesses, and emerging risks. * Assess the design and operation of preventative, detective, and corrective controls; communicate findings and recommendations; and monitor implementation by responsible business units. * Advise the Chief Financial Officer and management on internal control, financial governance, delegations, compliance, audit, financial reporting, and the interpretation of applicable prescripts. * Support reporting to executive and governance structures by consolidating finance and control information, monitoring matters arising, and tracking agreed actions. * Develop, review, and maintain financial policies, procedures, delegations, control frameworks, registers, and standard operating procedures, and monitor adherence to approved requirements. * Coordinate consultation, approval, communication, and implementation of policies and controls, and provide awareness sessions, guidance, and technical support to stakeholders. * **Systems, records, stakeholder and unit management:** * Oversee governance of transversal financial systems, including user access, segregation of duties, entity maintenance, budget-manager appointments, exception reporting, and supporting documentation. * Ensure that financial, audit, and compliance records are complete, safeguarded, accessible, and maintained according to applicable record-management and audit-trail requirements. * Manage stakeholder queries, turnaround times, escalations, and resolution trends, and maintain effective working relationships with assurance providers and relevant internal and external stakeholders. * Develop operational plans, allocate and quality-assure work, manage staff performance and development, monitor delivery against targets, and manage the resources and business continuity requirements of the unit. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * A Grade 12 certificate. * A minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor's degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Financial Management, Accounting, Auditing, Internal Control, or Public Finance. * A minimum of four years' relevant experience, of which at least two years must be at Assistant Director level or equivalent, in an accounting, auditing, internal control, compliance, or financial-governance environment. * Knowledge and experience in: * Public Finance Management Act. * Public-sector accounting and financial reporting requirements. * Internal control, compliance monitoring, risk assessment, and audit coordination. * Assessment and reporting of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure and departmental losses. * Interpretation of financial statements, policies, delegations, and audit findings. * Supervisory, report-writing, presentation, and stakeholder-management experience. **Who should apply** * Individuals seeking a leadership role in financial control and compliance within a public sector environment. * Candidates with a solid academic foundation and practical experience in financial management, accounting, auditing, internal control, or public finance. * Professionals demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act and public-sector financial reporting standards. * Applicants skilled in coordinating assurance processes, overseeing financial reporting, managing financial irregularities, developing policies, and advising management on governance matters. * Those with proven supervisory, report-writing, presentation, and stakeholder engagement capabilities. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/national-treasury-vacancies-from-dpsa-circular-40-of-2026#spani-ref-s121-2026 Source: govpage

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