14 Government Jobs and Work in Somerset West, Wc

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Overberg Water Board —Somerset West, Western Cape
- Full-time
Deputy Director: Support Services, Ref No. DOTP 79/2026
Western Cape Government —Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- R1 098 195 a year
Accounting Clerk: Payments (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 28/2026
Western Cape Government —Elsenburg, Western Cape
- R237 453 - R279 708 a year
Administrative Officer: Agricultural Partnership for Youth Development (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 17/2026 R1
Western Cape Government —Elsenburg, Western Cape
- R338 106 - R398 277 a year
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Principal Provincial Inspector: Law Enforcement Operations, Ref No. WCMD 93/2025 R1
Western Cape Government —Somerset West, Western Cape
- R413 001 - R486 501 a year
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Asisstant Manager
Telkom Express Feathercom —Mitchells Plain, Western Cape
- R7 500 - R8 500 a month
- Full-time
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Product Manager (Utilities)
Mezzanine Ware —Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Full-time
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Head of Product
Mezzanine Ware —Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Full-time
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Assistant Director: Office of the HOD (Elsendburg), Ref No: AGR 29/2026
Western Cape Government —Elsenburg, Western Cape
- R487 197 - R573 897 a year
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Senior Java Developer and Architect
Mezzanine Ware —Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Full-time
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Scientist (Production Level): Nutrition and Product Quality (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 54/2025 R1
Western Cape Government —Elsenburg, Western Cape
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Animal Health Technician: Animal Health: Boland (Khayelitsha), Ref no. AGR 74/2025 R1
Western Cape Government —Khayelitsha, Western Cape
- R413 001 - R486 501 a year
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Facilities Services Manager - Retail Shopping Centre
The Focus Group —Mitchells Plain, Western Cape
- Full-time

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT

Overberg Water Board -
Somerset West, Western Cape

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Job Details

Full-time

Full Job Description

Overberg Water is a Water Board established in terms of section 28 of Water Services Act, (No 108 of 1997) and is classified as Government Business Enterprise as per Schedule 3B of the Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) as amended.

Job Overview

The position finance management role is responsible for managing the end-to-end financial accounting business process and will be reporting to the senior manager management accounting.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

Applicants must submit a comprehensive CV, certified copies of qualifications, Identity Document. Please forward your application quoting the relevant reference number. No late applications will be accepted. Overberg Water Board reserves the right not to fill the position.

Interested candidates can forward an application with all the necessary documentation to https://overbergwater.mcidirecthire.com/External/Job?Ref= before 17h00 on Friday, 08 October 2025.

If you have not heard from us within thirty (30) days of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Overberg Water is committed to Employment Equity and persons from the designated groups will receive preference.

Required Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Degree in finance from a recognised tertiary institution equivalent to a minimum of NQF Level 6 and preferably NQF Level 7.

Completed SAICA or SAIPA articles.

At least 3 years post article experience as an accountant working with inventory, assets and creditors.

Understanding of public sector financial reporting including the financial reporting framework (GRAP)

Proficient in Microsoft excel, power point and word.

Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and under pressure.

Main duties/responsibilities

Expenditure and Payables
- Ensure validity, accuracy and completeness of all invoices captured to ensure accuracy of expenditure.
- Reconcile all creditors to their statements to ensure accurate age analysis.
- Reconcile the creditors age analyses to the trial balance
- Ensure the age analysis is cleared timeous and follow up long outstanding items.
- Ensure proper record keeping of creditors transactions.
- Resolve invoice discrepancies and respond to vendor inquiries
- Maintain supplier Masterfile and ensure compliance with internal controls
- Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities including accruals and reconciliations
- Support audits and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations

Payment run.
- Check and review all the documents that are prepared for payment to ensure that invoice is approved and supported.
- Facilitate bimonthly payment run of suppliers.

Inventory
- Ensure that periodic stock takes, the identification of slow moving and redundant stock takes place in accordance to established policies and procedures.
- Coordinate and plan for the monthly stock counts and perform reconciliations.
- Ensure the correct valuation of stock monthly and yearly in line with the relevant inventory valuation policy.
- Perform monthly inventory reconciliation.
- Ensure validity, accuracy and completeness of inventory purchases GL account.
- Ensure accurate posting of issues to either income statement or balance sheet.
- Ensure that the inventory control account is correctly reconciled.

Fixed Assets
- Ensure the validity, accuracy of completeness of additions ‘
- Process depreciation journals monthly
- Manage the annual fixed asset count and verification with operations, head office and asset consultant.
- Track the barcoding of the new asset acquisitions and ensure completeness of the Fixed Asset register.
- Review and update the detailed schedules of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation.
- Track all the asset disposals and ensure they are derecognised from the Fixed Asset Register.
- Maintain accurate records of fixed assets to ensure completeness and correct valuation of fixed assets.
- Highlight significant matters from fixed assets for review and approval to the Financial Accountant.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of the asset register after the import from AMS 360 to SAGE 200.
- Track all the assets on Sage 200 by ensuring that all the assets are linked to a bar code through asset reconciliations.
- Ensure that all the asset locations are set up correctly and linked to the asset barcode on Sage 200.
- Ensure that the depreciation has been calculated and recorded accurately for fixed assets using the appropriate methods on Sage 200.
- Perform monthly reconciliations for assets to ensure that all the assets’ movements, barcoding and locations have been accurately allocated against the respective assets.
- Investigate all the assets variances and perform the adjustment journals.
- Review Operational fault reports on a quarterly basis to ensure that it is aligned to the derecognitions of the infrastructure assets.

Reporting

Assist the Senior manager with preparation of reports and presentations for the CFO, CEO, Audit Committee, and the Board.

Compile quarterly DWS financial report for review by financial accountant.

Compile all relevant expenditure reports to enable the Financial Accountant to effectively manage working capital in accordance with established policies and procedures to ensure there is effective expenditure control, movement of inventory and cash flow forecasting.

Coordinate the month end and year-end financial statement preparation process.

Prepare Medium term Expenditure framework (MTEF) and submit for review by the financial accountant

Prepare the quarterly treasury report and submit for review by the financial accountant

Prepare and analyse financial reports related to fixed assets.

Compilation of inventory lead schedules for inclusion in the AFS.

Coordinate all asset related activities to ensure inclusion of fixed and intangible assets in the AFS.

Assist in the compiling of annual financial statements by submitting all inputs in relation to expenditure, payables, inventory and capital assets.

Prepare and maintain an audit file. Organize and oversee the external audit process.

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT

Deputy Director: Support Services, Ref No. DOTP 79/2026

Accounting Clerk: Payments (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 28/2026

Administrative Officer: Agricultural Partnership for Youth Development (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 17/2026 R1

Principal Provincial Inspector: Law Enforcement Operations, Ref No. WCMD 93/2025 R1

Asisstant Manager

Product Manager (Utilities)

Head of Product

Assistant Director: Office of the HOD (Elsendburg), Ref No: AGR 29/2026

Senior Java Developer and Architect

Scientist (Production Level): Nutrition and Product Quality (Elsenburg), Ref No. AGR 54/2025 R1

Animal Health Technician: Animal Health: Boland (Khayelitsha), Ref no. AGR 74/2025 R1

Facilities Services Manager - Retail Shopping Centre

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