Experience

City of Cape Town

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head: Finance: Planning, Development & Project Management Office

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  •Manage the Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan for the Department•Preparation and compilation of the branch’s Capital and Operating budgets by ensuring compliance with the MFMA and adherence to Council’s and Corporate Finance’s strategies. •Advise, assist and support line departments in respect of the preparation and compilation of their annual operating budget and adjustment budgets on expenditure and revenue in accordance to legislative requirements•Advise on and ensure implementation of budgetary control policies and procedures by line departments, to comply with statutory and internal requirements and to maintain integrity of operating budget•Analyse and provide financial information required for reports/returns according to prescribed legislative and organisational requirements•Managing and coordinating the compilation of the annual Operating and Capital Budgets•Liaising with all relevant stakeholders on alternative funding sources•Co-ordinate, manage and report on the Social Services Operating, Capital and Income Budget•Providing financial advice to Management•Ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and procedures pertaining to financial management within local government•Managing staff of the Finance Section within the Department•Control all financial, accounting and costing requirements of the department.•To provide core service delivery functions with information necessary to institute corrective measures.•Compile reports, virements, reposting’s and journals for the Department•Develop, implement, refine and ensure compliance with the long term and short term objectives of Planning & Development & PMO•Plan, coordinating and facilitate meetings with management and work groups on financial issues such as financial strategy and policy implementation

• Professional Officer: Capital & Operating Budget

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2018

  Tariff modelling - collating and analysing business information from various role-players and feed same into the Medium Term Revenue & Expenditure Framework to consider plausible scenarios in modelling tariffs for the DepartmentBudgeting – consider organisational strategic priorities, operational requirements and in response thereto develop a financial plan (the budget) and periodically monitor and report on its implementation, including accounting for material variancesFinancial management – reviewing historical financial information and trends and ensuring that expenditure is in line with the plan and/or legislation (MFMA) and doesn’t translate to irregular and wasteful expenditureFinancial accounting – contributing towards the operationalisation of daily business processes, and procedures that incorporate at the very least regular reconciliations, correct, and accurate allocation and classification of transactions based on the mSCOA classification framework.Planning – contributing in the development of an operational plan for the Section that is responsive to the needs of the clientele and in giving effect thereto map business processes to bring about synergy in understanding as well as conductInformation management – gathering important statistical information on, inter alia, the number of service points, waste minimisation figures, waste disposed of etc. in order to inform decision-makingOrganisationCity of Cape

• Administrative Officer 2: Cleansing

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2014

  Coordination – through planning, organizing, directing and controlling – facilitates co-ordination by integrating the various plans through mutual discussion, exchange of ideas, assign various activities, and giving guidance to cleansing areas administrative staff in order to achieve branch common goals.Information management and analysis – collating overarching information from cleansing areas and sections to make it easily accessible, and ensure its integrity, confidentiality.Budgeting – assist in collation and coordination of planning information that outlines financial direction and expectations for the next financial year, also the forecasting information using accumulated historical data predict financial outcomes for future months or years.Human resource management – involved in recording, maintaining, and retrieving employee related information for a variety of purposes. Records which must be maintained include application forms, health and medical records, employment history (promotions, transfers). Perform training and development functions that give employees the skills and knowledge to perform their jobs effectively and efficiently.



Social & Cultural Affairs NGO

• United States
• Social Networking Platforms
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrative Officer

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  INFORMATION MANAGEMENTAdminister the electronic document management systemCoordinate and process incoming and outgoing correspondenceDocument and maintain information managementFacilitating correspondence and effective co-ordination of projects, including statistics, data capturing and progress reports.Participate in the development, implementation and review of information management needs and solutionsHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAssessment of training and developmental need for staffConsolidate strategic planning, budget and operational planning input Co-ordinate high level meetings including overseeing the logistic, transport arrangementsReporting on non-compliance and deviations to the Director Supervise, and mentoring of support staffBUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIONCollection and filing of regular financial reports and budget recordsControl and monitoring of expenditure planned against the actual expenditure Establish and implement financial procedures in line with departmental requirementsMonitoring and reporting on operating expenditure performance for the DirectorateProvide financial management advice on revisions of budgets, preparing periodical forecasts and any changes neededResponsible for budget management and cash flow projectionPROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENTProject administration - Correctness of required operational information and feedback.Project coordination - Co-ordination of weekly meetings between operational teams and contractors.Miscellaneous - Attend to any other relevant and reasonable tasks as may be required from time to time.



Department of Economic Development and Tourism

• Chief Accounting Clerk

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2008

  Management Accounting – Verify, analyses, reconciles and updates accounts. Investigates and follows-up on discrepancies or other accounting matters. Prepare records and processes accounting transactions and ensures that allocation to accounts is accurate. Selects accounts to charge or credit when appropriate. Opens new accounts as required. Ensures the availability of fundsInformation management and accuracy – Ensures that all accounting documents conform to department standards with regard to required authorizations, accuracy and completeness of supporting documentation.Budget Management – Render budget support services to the deputy Director: Budget Management, and assist in collation and coordination of planning information that outlines financial direction and expectations.Administration – Administer the DOPMS (Departmental Operational Performance Management System). Assisting with the compilation of all monthly financial revenue and expenditure statements to management, as well as the control of revenue and expenditure. Collating of relevant budget information.



Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport

• Senior Administrative Clerk

  • Mar 2006 - Mar 2008

  Administration – Assist in compilation, implementation and monitoring of HRM Programmes. Compile route forms for submission reports and documents for Heritage Resource Management. Drafting of Heritage Resource Management reports. General office Administration. Provide human resource administrative supportSecretariat Support – Assisting with the compilation, monitoring and implementation of the Committee programme, Capturing and drafting Committee Agenda and Minutes., Communicating Record of Decisions to relevant external/internal stakeholder/clients, Distribution of Committee reports and Record of Decisions to external clients, Facilitating implementation of Committee decisions, Plan, Organize all APM Committee Meeting, Processing Substance & Travel allowance claims, Responsible for record-keeping and filing of record of decision (RoD).



Cape Peninusula University of Technology

• Student Tutor

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

  Academic support - assisting lecturing staff with marking, revision of exercise/assignments and course worksCareer counselling – providing guidance to students on various fields of study, selection of subjects and career planning in generalTutoring – breaking down course work into clear segments and manageable chunks in preparing to engage students on the content and creating an environment conducive to learningStudy techniques – performing research on various study techniques and the strengths and shortcomings of each in an effort to adequately prepare students for the academic life