Project Accountant (Head Office)
Gauteng
Location
Fixed-Term-Contract
3 Years
PA001
Reference
R668 900 - R869 600
Salary
Responsibilities
Governance and Administration
- Ensure good governance and compliance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), National Treasury Regulations and other relevant legislative requirements.
- Manage the overall projects finances to ensure they run effectively, and that accurate financial information is provided.
- Review annual audit management letter and internal audit reports and address findings.
Invoice Compliance Checking
- Review invoices for completeness and accuracy.
- Review invoice checklist to ensure compliance with finance policies and procedures.
- Check and confirm availability of funds in the project relating to the presented invoice.
- Check the supporting documents to ensure invoice alignment to the approved in line with delegation of authority document.
- Ensure the completeness, accuracy and timeous processing of project transactions, eg creditors are paid within 30 days.
Accounts Receivable – Projects
- Review funding agreement against invoice created.
- Review and post invoices captured in the accounting system.
- Ensure drawdowns/invoices are created as per available schedule.
- Follow up on outstanding debtors balances to ensure timeous receipting of funds.
- Review age analysis to ensure that receipts are allocated to correct customers.
Budget and monitoring
- Prepare detailed budgets for Projects.
- Confirm budget availability prior to procurement activation and appointment of service providers.
- Confirm cash availability prior to payments been made.
- Manage budget and cash for projects and ensure no overspending.
Projects Finance Management
- Ensure compliance with the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) requirements by the relevant provinces/municipalities.
- Ensure the effective management of operational costs through Medium Term Operational Plans (MTOPs) agreements.
- Prepare project funding and expenditure reconciliation per project and ensure no overspending takes place.
- Prepare confirmations and ensure that they are signed by relevant authorities, both from the HDA and funder.
- Check correctness of expenses allocated in compliance with approved budget.
- Review general ledger transactions to ensure accuracy and complete journal entries when required.
- Prepare monthly fund reconciliations to ensure fund expenditure is aligned with the implementation protocols/funding agreements.
- Prepare projects funds monitoring report to flag financially underperforming projects.
- Assist with cash forecasting on projects.
- Prepare accurate and timeous projects transfer when necessary.
Projects Finance Reporting
- repare monthly projects cashflow reports for submission to Departments and Municipalities.
- Prepre monthly Projects report for submisson to EXCO, Board and MinMec.
- Prepare Projects obligation note for the Annual Financial Statements on quarterly basis.
- Prepare a reconciliation of the bank cash balances and project ledger report on a monthly basis.
- Support Departments and Municipalities with ad hoc requests based on Projects reports.
People Management
- Select, assign, lead and manage people.
- Set clear objectives for self and others and measure achievements against these objectives through implementation of the performance management system.
- Build and manage relationships with staff members.
- Manage and support staff development (e.g training, workshops,etc).
- Develop and manage the implementation of succession plans for key individuals and critical positions.
- Implement the HDA HR policies and procedures as required.
- Manage risks and address issues as they arise.
Other
- Assist/attend to audit queries.
- Drive specific tasks as mandated by the CFO as and when required.
Financial Controls, Policies and Procedures
- Ensure that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place.
- Implement HDA financial policies and procedures.
Requirements
- B Comm/ bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent
- Honours degree will be an added advantage
- At least 5-10 years relevant experience in Public Finance
- Experience in financial accounting using applicable systems will be an advantage.
When submitting your application for a position, please adhere to the following:
- CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered.
- The Job Title and Reference number for the relevant position must appear in the subject line of your application.
- The CV must be in PDF format.
- Copies of all qualifications must be provided.
- Copies of identity document must be provided.
- Two contactable references must be provided.
Kindly take note if you have not been contacted within twenty-one (21) working days of the closing date; please consider your application unsuccessful. Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.
Conditions of service:
- The HDA is an equal opportunity employer
- Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA Employment Equity policy and priority given to people living with disabilities and females
- South African citizens from ethnic groups listed as Africans, White, Indian and Coloured populations are all encouraged to apply for job opportunities in the HDA . The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment.
We thank all applicants for their interest.
Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only.
The HDA operates in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 3 of 2013 (“POPI Act”), and by submitting your personal information to the HDA (by way of application and/or providing any other documentation as may be required during the recruitment process), you agree that the HDA may utilise and process your personal information in accordance with the POPI Act.
Closing Date
19/05/2026
Application Email
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV together with supporting documents, clearly indicating the position applied for, to:
HDARecruitFinance@thehda.co.za