Budget Controller

To provide financial accounting services to the finance business unit

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

What do you have to be able to do to achieve the desired results of your job?

Include management and leadership responsibilities for work team leaders

Budget management and Reporting
- Prepare the monthly management accounts with budget variances for the various

departments
- Analyse management accounts before submitting to departments
- Ensure explanations for budget variances are received within timelines
- Analyse actual achievements against budget and investigate significant variances.
- Responsible for loading budgets onto Syspro
- Check requisitions for available budget before processing and resolve problems with

relevant departments
- Propose journals as and when necessary
- Assisting with the preparation of the annual financial statements, including

budget/actual/ENE template for National Treasury
- Responsible for all General Ledger and other identified cost account reconciliations
- Assist with the AG queries during the audit process and manage the audit year end file
- Perform ad hoc duties as and when required
- Process all approved budget transfers

Legislative compliance
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, i.e. PFMA, Treasury Regulations, FICA,

etc.
- Knowledge of GRAP, Treasury Regulations, PFMA, would be an advantage

Perform ad hoc duties as and when required

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- B.Comm
- B.Comm accounting (Hons) would be an advantage
- Three or more years relevant experience in an accountant’s role
- Articles will be an added advantage
- Attention to detail
- Intermediate to advanced experience in MS Office, especially Excel
- Working knowledge of Syspro and Caseware would be an advantage
- Reliable and punctual
- Confidence and decisiveness
- Report writing skills would an advantage
- Good communication skills

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Customer Service: Follows through, when asked, on customer inquiries, requests and

complaints, keeps customers up-to-date about progress of projects
- Flexibility: Applies rules flexibly: Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal

procedures to fit a specific situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals
- Organizational Commitment: Respects the way things are done in an organisation and

does what is expected
- Teamwork: Genuinely values others input and expertise
- Concern for order & quality: Double-checks the accuracy of information or work
- Achievement Orientation: Keeps track of and measures outcome against standard of

excellence not imposed by others
- Initiative: Recognises and reacts to present opportunities

WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work long hours when necessary.