Deputy Director: Debt, Revenue and Financial Compliance REF: DBE/70/2026

The Department of Basic Education was formed when the former National Department of Education was split into two: Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training. The DBE deals with all schools from Grade R to Grade 12, including adult literacy programmes. The aim of the DBE is to develop, maintain and support a South African school education system for the 21st century.

REQUIREMENTS :

The applicant must be in possession of a qualification NQF level 6 or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA in Financial Accounting/ Financial Management/Management Accounting; Four (4) years relevant experience as an Assistant Director in the area of debt and revenue management, in-depth knowledge of the Debt/Loss Control officer's responsibilities; Knowledge and understanding of the public sector financial administration relating to the listed duties and the provisions of the PFMA and Treasury Regulation; Ability to develop and apply policies; Computer literacy, planning, organisational skills, communication skills (verbal and written); Numeracy and accuracy skills; People management and leadership skills; A good understanding of BAS, PERSAL and other computer systems.

DUTIES :

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing of accounts receivable and revenue collection; Handling documents and information with strict confidentiality; Preparing financial statements relevant to the section; Ensuring that financial transactions are brought to book; Managing the cashier's office activities and banking; Managing the TRC payments; Collecting and keeping safe Departmental revenue; Ensuring safekeeping of financial documentation according to prescripts; Ensuring that reconciliations are done monthly; Ensuring telephone accounts are paid; Establishing and maintaining a strong relationship with key stakeholders internally and externally; Ensuring that all outstanding interdepartmental receivables are followed up, cleared and reconciled; Responding and resolving audit queries related to the section; Providing supervision to junior staff; Investigating irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, identify potential financial risks (inclusive of fraud risks) and facilitating management action to mitigate the identified risks; Testing and monitoring level of compliance to enabling legislation: PFMA, Treasury Regulations, SCM and raise findings on areas of concern relating to weaknesses in controls to assist and enhance effectiveness of the process; Monitoring the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations based on the audit results; Attending Audit steering committee meetings; Monitoring the progress of audit recommendations; Coordinating, monitoring and reporting on fruitless and wasteful expenditure registers; Coordinating, monitoring and reporting on irregular expenditure registers; Monitoring and strengthening the control environment within the Department through performance of planned internal control assessments of Quarterly key control assessments and follow through of all data analysis reviews; Managing operational risk register; Performing any duties as delegated.