Website Emalahleni Municipality
The Emalahleni Municipal area, which means the “place of coal”, consists inter alia of the towns of eMalahleni, Kwa-Guqa, Ga-Nala and Ogies. The town of eMalahleni was established in 1903. It was named after a ridge of white rock located near the present railway station. In the early years, this ridge was a halting place for transport wagons and a trading post.
REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGER: REVENUE & EXPENDITURE
SALARY SCALE: TASK GRADE 12 (R401 049,24- R520 584,12) PER ANNUM, EXCLUDING BENEFITS
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- (Grade 12)
- National Diploma in Accounting (NQF Level 6)
- B Degree qualification in Commerce (NQF Level 7) with accounting 3 will be an added advantage.
- Computer literacy-MS Application with Advanced Excel
- Sound knowledge of MSCOA, Treasury Regulations, GRAP, MFMA, MPRA
- Minimum experience of 3 years in municipal accounting environment of which 2 years should have been within Revenue Management Cycle
- Valid Driving License
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Verifying monthly bank reconciliations and cash reconciliations through identifying and correcting discrepancies between cash book and bank statements.
- Analysing transactional recordings (reports generated by the Consolidated Billing System) Debtor reports and summaries and, processing adjustments to entries.
- Running system functionality to upload billing data to individual debtor account by using all segments of Mscoa.
- Proving support with regards to the consolidation of income transactional information to facilitate the production of Financial Statements.
- Preparing statistical reports depicting short to medium tern cash flow trends inclusive of explanations to support specific deviations.
- Interacting with the internal/external auditors and makes available information, supporting documentation and proofs of approval guiding specific recording, adjustments and allocation of Account receivable transactions.
- Reconciling cash receipted and proceeding with the posting and balancing of General Leder
- Reconciling Debtor accounts and proceeding with the posting and balancing of ledger accounts.
- Generating reminder notifications for circulation to overdue debtors and/or communicating, calculating and establishing payment terms and conditions with defaulters.
- Generating Debtor Age Analysis reports and checks the status of accounts with a view to referring arrear/overdue accounts for further action.
- Preparing and/or approving correspondences and calculations of rates due on properties and buildings, forwarding to legal professionals to facilitate the preparation of specific contractual documentation.
- Attending to queries related to the calculation of penalties/interest on and providing explanations to clients.
- Issuing rates certificates to support the transfer/sale agreement and approving payment terms and conditions.
- Providing guidelines/guidance to personnel on the application of procedures.
- Implementing remedial measures/ corrective action to align performance and output against agreed standards.
- Appraising performance levels, setting objectives and measuring accomplishment or establishing reasons for non-conformance.