Senior Manager: Management Accounting
Listing reference: agsa_000169
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 26 October 2026
Position summary
Industry: Auditing/Accounting
Job category: Other Accounting, Auditing
Location: Pretoria
Contract: Permanent
EE position: Yes
Introduction
The purpose of the job is to take overall responsibility for the Management Accounting function of the AGSA. This includes ensuring the accurate budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance reporting that supports AGSA’s strategic and operational goals.
Job description
Strategic Function
- Lead the development and implementation of financial strategies aligned with AGSA’s strategic objectives
- Develop the annual budget that is aligned with the AGSA’s and Finance portfolio strategy
- Assist and provide inputs in the development of the Annual Performance Plan and operational Plans and ensuring tracking against the approved annual targets
- Contribute to long-term financial planning and sustainability strategies for the AGSA
- Provide enterprise-level strategic leadership and stewardship over the Management Accounting function to support AGSA’s long-term sustainability, financial resilience, and strategic objectives.
- Lead the development, execution, and continuous refinement of AGSA’s financial strategy, ensuring alignment between organisational priorities, funding models, and resource allocation.
- Own the organisation-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance management frameworks, ensuring they enable informed executive decision-making and effective performance monitoring.
- Serve as a key strategic financial advisor to the DBUL: Finance, Executive Management, and leadership structures on matters relating to financial performance, cost optimisation, investment decisions, and financial risk.
- Drive long-term financial planning, scenario modelling, and sustainability analysis to support strategic choices, risk tolerance, and organisational resilience.
- Establish and oversee robust financial governance, performance measurement, and control frameworks to manage financial risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and strengthen audit outcomes.
- Ensure the availability of high-quality, forward-looking financial insights, management reports, and analytics that influence strategic planning, operational efficiency, and value creation.
- Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives and programmes with material financial impact, ensuring disciplined financial oversight and alignment with organisational objectives.
- Champion innovation, digital enablement, and continuous improvement within management accounting processes, systems, and methodologies to enhance efficiency, insight, and strategic value.
- Contribute at an enterprise level to the development and monitoring of the Annual Performance Plan, operational plans, and strategic scorecards, ensuring financial alignment and accountability.
Product Management
- Manage and implement the AGSA’s budgeting process
- Conduct financial and non-financial data analyses that directly affects the AGSA’s financial performance
- Ensure Business Units perform in accordance with the targets set, including but not limited to management and implementation of internal finance reporting
- Ensure data driven financially sustainable and commercially viable business decisions at all levels
- Develop and monitor liquidity models which will enable cash flow predictability and cost saving opportunities
- Develop and monitor spending for short and medium term to understand cashflow pressures and ensure compliance with applicable legislation
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards to mitigate financial statement and operational risk
- Monitoring financial control, budget management and the procurement process to ensure cost optimisation
- Develop and implement financial policies and procedures in line with the GRAP standards and other applicable legislations and regulations
- Monitor the implementation of working capital, finance risk and policies within the AGSA
- Evaluate the viability and profitability of investments/ project before committing resources
- Track organizational progress on strategic deliverables including the identification of financial risks and financial risk tolerance
- Monitor, review and implement controls related to financial accounting and cash management processes
- Manage the implementation of both internal and external audit recommendations by coordinating audit activities to enhance and enforce internal control measures
- Ensure that monthly/ adhoc financial reporting is provided timeously for efficient decision making
- Lead cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives and special projects
- Enhance the systems that drive AGSA’s financial operations as and when new developments are made that provide for more efficient and effective ways of managing the various operations
Stakeholder Management
- Establish, build, and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders
- Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships withrelevant internal/external stakeholders
- Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly
- Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers to continuously improveservice delivery
- Liase with senior colleagues in the development of the annual budget process and year-end forecast
People Management
- Support the business unit transformation/ culture plans
- Support the management team regarding centre management and other people related tasks
- Provide leadership and direction for the centre and manage team performance to drive productivity
- Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential
- Determine the mix and level of capability required to enable the centre to support the BU and organisational objectives
Financial Management
- Compile the centre budget and contribute to the development of the business unit’s budget
- Manage the centre expenditure
- Ensure compliance to AGSA policies and procedures
- Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures
- Manage supply chain processes within scope of work
Other responsibilities
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required
Minimum requirements
Formal Education
- This position requires a minimum qualification of B Com Accounting Degree or
equivalent. CA (SA)/ ACCA/ CIMA/ CFA will be an added advantage.
Experience
- Minimum 7 years post qualification experience with at least 4 years’ experience
operating at a manager level.
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organization. Auditor General welcomes applications
from all persons with disabilities.
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organization. Auditor General welcomes applications
from all persons with disabilities.
False & Inaccurate information provided will result in a disqualified application
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us
within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us
within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.