FINANCE ● BUDGETS ● PERFORMANCE BUDGETING

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICER: COST ALLOCATION ANALYST

TCOE SALARY COMMENCING FROM R1,071,429 PER ANNUM ● REF NO: FIN 63/25 ● DURBANVILLE MUNICIPAL OFFICES

Requirements:   

• A relevant degree (BCom) with Cost Management Accounting as final year major subject
• Five (5) to eight (8) years' relevant experience in a cost management analysis environment
• Municipal Finance Management Act - minimum competency qualification will be an advantage  
• Advanced MS Excel and MS Word proficiency
• DAX/Power Query, Power BI and Power Pivot proficiency 
• Working experience in SAP or ERP environment while CIMA accreditation will be an advantage
• Postgraduate qualification with Cost Management Accounting as major subject will be an advantage.

Key performance areas:   

• Apply professional knowledge within a costing environment through analysis of costing information in the evaluation of the performance and utilisation of internal resources, reviewing and identification of inefficiencies 
• Provide immediate management and various other departments with reports for business decisions on controlling expenditures, offer professional services in the management of change in costing recovery approaches
• Generate extensive analysis in secondary cost data and its relation to primary cost to support the budget process and managing cost improvement initiatives and internal controls
• Establish and initiate analytic cost management reporting processes 
• Analyse and interpret cost management data, report outcome and develop recommendations in the appropriate format
• Design, develop and analyse cost and management reports
• Ensure costing data are accurately reported as per the mSCOA guidelines for the costing segment
• Conduct research and investigations to implement a full range of complex programmes, systems or other specialist initiatives
• Design and implement visualisations and report to relevant stakeholders
• Apply, in a consistent manner the application of Finance and Local/Provincial/National Government legislation, regulations and relevant projects as applicable to the City's costing function 
• Provide input to the strategic framework and forward planning processes to the Cost and Budgeting Strategy of the City of Cape Town 
• Generate, transform and evaluate large sets of data and presenting it in a clear and concise reporting format to drive decision-making

Please apply online at www.capetown.gov.za/careers (external applicants) or via the SAP Portal (internal applicants) unless otherwise stated. 

By submitting your application for a position at the City of Cape Town, you are consenting to the use of your personal information provided as part of your application and/or Recruitment process for Recruitment and Selection purposes. In addition, you may be required to undergo, including but not limited to, Criminal and Security Checks, Personal Verification, and Lifestyle Audits, throughout your recruitment process and/or subsequent employment.

Closing date: 8 August 2025

• Please quote the reference number of the vacancy in all communications.
• Certified copies of qualifications must be available on request.
• Copies of supporting documents will not be returned.
• Kindly note that applications will not be acknowledged in writing.
• Visit our website at www.capetown.gov.za/careers
• No late applications will be considered.
• If no notification of appointment is received within three (3) months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.