FISE696- 2026 DIRECTOR: BUDGET PLANNING (RE-ADVERTISEMENT)

DEPARTMENT: GROUP FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division: Budget Office

Section: Budget Planning

Location: Pretoria Central

Re-advertisement

Reference number

FISE696-2026

Position

DIRECTOR: BUDGET PLANNING

To be advertised

Internal

External

This position seeks to attract (applicable to external candidates only)

African female

African male

Coloured female

Coloured male

Indian female

Indian male

White female

White male

Person with disability

All categories

Job level

T18

Scale

R960 912,00 – R1 334 580,00 per annum

Estimated

remuneration package

R1 394 088,00 – R1 869 698,00 per annum

Job purpose

To oversee and manage an affordable and financially viable Medium-term Revenue and Expenditure Framework for the City of Tshwane that is compliant with the Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations and Municipal Regulations on the Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA)

Appointment 

requirements

An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree) in Financial Management, Accounting, Economics or Public Finance or any other finance-related study field

At least nine years’ relevant working experience in a financial environment, of which four years should be managerial experience

Project management experience will be an added advantage

Compliance with the unit standards of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), as prescribed by Regulation 493 of 15 June 2007, as published in Government Gazette 29967 of 15 June 2007, will be an added advantage

A valid Code B driving licence

Computer literacy

Must undergo a criminal record check (vetting and a lifestyle audit) and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost

Personal attributes

and/or competencies

Project management skills, ability to work under pressure; financial management skills; data management skills; ability to pay attention to detail; analytical thinking and problem-solving skills; exposure to local government systems

Primary functions

Compile an annual Medium-term Revenue and Expenditure Framework for the City in line with the Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations

Compile and develop a financial model and budget scenarios which concentrate on long-term forecasting, taking into consideration organisational strategies, such as repairs and maintenance, capital infrastructure development, etc, within the context of sustainability, affordability and economic growth in the broader context of the City’s strategic objectives

Oversee the compilation and maintenance of trading services financial models

Facilitate departmental budget hearings (interrogations, considerations and proposals)

Develop and maintain the business planning and consolidation model in line with the mSCOA System Functionality Requirements on Budgeting and Financial Planning

Develop standard operating procedures aligned to budgeting, transacting and reporting processes

Compile the Adjustment Budget for the City in line with the Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations

Coordinate the budget planning process with various internal key role players, such as the Integrated Development Plan Office, Development Planning Unit, etc, to ensure that there is strategic alignment between City developmental priorities and budgets

Oversee the tariff modelling and tariff setting process

Align budget structures and master data to mSCOA

Ensure that the City’s mSCOA budget-related data strings are compiled, verified and successfully submitted to the National Treasury

SAP

S70010195

New/natural attrition

Natural attrition

Enquiries

F Mangwegape (012 358 5350) or G Lekwatsipa (012 358 1713)