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POST 45/68: SENIOR STATE ACCOUNTANT
REF NO: CFO 22/10/1 (X3 POSTS)
Financial Management Division
Chief Directorate: Accounting
Directorate: Personnel Payments, Salaries
DUTIES:
- Executing, controlling, accounting and managing of salary and allowance payments to members/employees of the Department of Defence (DOD).
- Supervising, training and guiding subordinates who resort under the control of this post.
- Ensure that all salaries and Allowances for Permanent and Permanent employees of the DOD including Part Time Force members are paid within the cut-off dates.
- Approving and authorizing salaries and allowances-related transactions.
- Ensure that all pro-rata salaries or allowances and pay progressions are accurately calculated.
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- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures within the salaries unit.
- Clearing and compiling salaries-related suspense accounts. Taking over problem cases, following up with CD HRM and finalizing them.
- Attending to queries relating to the payment of salary and allowance. Calculating, disallowing and recovering salary overpayments.
- Evaluating staff quarterly and assessing staff annually.
- Submitting Bi-annual and Annual tax reconciliation (EMP 501) to SARS for the Department of Defence. Preparing monthly (EMO201) and annual tax reconciliation, Distributing IRP 5-Tax certificates and Responding for tax queries. Issuing of Duplicate and handwritten IRP 5- Tax certificates.
- Calculating tax on handwritten salary payment/disallowance.
- Working through tax reports to ensure that IRP 5- Tax certificates print correctly and requesting tax directives with SARS.
- Administration of Pension deduction payment to GEPF for employees within the DOD.
- Monitor all relevant account balances and transactions on FMS. Distribution of all DOD members’ salary to Bank Serv.
- Human Resource-related duties: Manage all personnel-related issues within the section.
- Long Service Awards: Administer applications for long service awards within the Financial Management Division. Management and Administration of DPP Accounts Control.
- Manage and administer all Accounts in use by DPP in collaboration with DPP and DCA.
- Manage and Administer Foreign Management and Administration of Operational Deployments.
- Manage and Administer Operational Deployments payments for DPP and Defence Intelligence.
- Management and Administration of DPP Accounts Control.
- Manage and administer all Accounts in use by DPP in collaboration with AD Salaries, DDPP and Directorate Central Accounts.
- Personnel Payments (DPP).
- Constant collaboration and communication with the Assistant Director Salaries regarding all functions coupled to the post.
- Coordinating administration-related tasks.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum requirements:
- Grade 12 certificate plus a B Degree/three-year National Diploma in Finance/Accounting with a minimum of three years relevant experience on a post level 7 or equivalent or Grade 12 certificate with Finance/Accounting related subjects with a minimum of seven years relevant experience on a post level 7 or equivalent.
- Knowledge of MS Office applications (MS Word and MS Excel).
- Knowledge of the effective utilization of the PERSOL/PERSAL mainframe in the Department of Defence (DOD)/Public Service or other similar systems used in the Private Sector. Sound reasoning, mathematical and problem-solving abilities.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively render quality service to military (DAP) as well as civilian (PSAP) clients and to answer enquiries in a professional manner.
- Ability to effectively function as part of a team, receptive to work-related suggestions/ideas, decisive/persevering in regard to task finalization and able to effectively function under pressure.
- Very conscientious and motivated towards producing effective and correct work and aiming for zero defects.
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ENQUIRIES: Mr J.G. Lottering Tel No: (012) 392 2314
SALARY: R331 188 per annum (Level 08)
CENTRE: Pretoria
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