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SANRAL Financial Controller (1026)

Website SANRAL – The South African National Roads Agency – Vacancies / Careers

South African National Roads Agency – Menlo Park, Pretoria, Gauteng

Contract | Accounting

Closing date 5th June 2022

PURPOSE

  • To provide accurate accounting, reporting, controlling, and safeguarding of SANRAL’s fixed assets, intangible assets, and investment properties.
  • This includes the execution of asset accounting processes, procedures, and policies.

REQUIREMENTS

  • National Diploma in Asset Management, Accounting or equivalent NQF 6 qualification
  • Minimum three years’ experience in an assets accounting and management
  • Knowledge and understanding of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and an understanding of the implications on asset accounting within SANRAL
  • A basic knowledge of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IRFS) and the implications for asset accounting within SANRAL
  • Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of applications and an ability to use project accounting financial systems

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

  • Objectively analyse and evaluate issues and factual evidence to form judgements.
  • Technical knowledge of finance and accounting and the applicable legislation and standards governing SANRAL’s finance environment (PFMA and IFRS).
  • Comfortable working with numbers, problem-solving, exhibiting accuracy, precision, and critical attention to detail
  • Achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task
  • Systematically following procedures and systems to ensure adherence to governance and compliance requirements.
  • Taking action that is forward looking by anticipating the outcomes of scenarios, not only reacting as and when issues arise.
  • Introducing new and original ideas to solve problems and suggest new ways of working and engaging with stakeholders to achieve the desired outcome.
  • Leveraging skills and capabilities across the Organisation to solve problems and working effectively as a team by ensuring inclusiveness.
  • Ensure processes are executed in a systematic manner based on established procedures.
  • Process both negative and positive information and situations without adversely affecting performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Decision Making:

  • Perform asset tagging of new assets, create asset numbers and capitalise costs correctly as per IFRS.
  • Update the fixed asset register considering acquisitions, disposals, locations, serial numbers, details, and descriptions.
  • Perform fixed asset analytics, including the comparison of the year-end fixed asset register to the previous year-end fixed asset register, investigating any anomalies.
  • Perform depreciation and amortisation calculations on fixed assets.
  • Populate and perform updates of the Asset Under Construction register.
  • Process monthly journals and perform monthly reconciliation.

Accountability:

​​​​​​​Job Holder accountability:

  • Responsible for the accounting and reporting activities associated with SANRAL’s fixed assets, intangible assets, and investment properties

Referral to Higher/Next level Authority:

  • Approval of fixed asset register and physical asset verifications
  • Approval of depreciation and amortisation calculations
  • Review asset disposal memorandums

Communication:

  • Compile reconciliations for fixed assets, identifying anomalies and communicating this by written means to the Asset Accountant.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Appointments will be made in accordance with SANRAL’s Employment Equity plan.
  • SANRAL reserves the right not to fill any position
  • Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only