Msimelelo Ndlovu

Consulting with USAID South Africa/National Treasury South Africa:

• Serve as a point of contact for implementing government entities on matters related to business case approvals and other financial management procedures as required by National Treasury
• Supporting the appropriate involvement of the National Treasury in the design, review, and eventual approval of new G2G awards
• Ensure the alignment and compliance of G2G award milestones to National Treasury standards and policies
• Develop, agree, and institutionalize standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the review of milestones and deliverables as agreed upon in the G2G awards
• Establishing and maintaining knowledge management and archival systems required by the National Treasury to appropriately record the implementation of G2Gs.

• Coordination, ownership and management of Official Development Assistance and Stakeholder Management:
• Ensured alignment of ODA to South African policies, procedures and programs
• Facilitated ODA commitments to SA through cooperation strategy and program development (through concept notes)
• Review and assess trends and best practices pertaining to relevant focal sectors
• Organize and facilitate stakeholder engagements and arrange record keeping of engagements with development partners (donors) and South African Government representatives involved in specific donor programs
• Engagements: Annual Consultations/Negotiations on development cooperation; Consultations on ODA country strategy papers, etc
• Managed and monitored the portfolio of ODA programs (Grants and Technical Assistance) funded by different development Partners including the EU, Germany, USAID, Global Affairs Canada, the UN, etc
• Program Management:
• Implemented ODA policies, procedures and processes (ODA policy and guidelines) within the relevant sector/s to support departmental and sectoral ODA program implementation
• Liaised and negotiated with stakeholders in Public Finance and other units of National Treasury, cluster/ sector, provincial and local government decision-makers and ODA coordinators, and relevant donors regarding the consolidation of ODA programs
• Facilitated the efficient absorption of funds within ODA programs and projects
• Assisted with the strategic direction on the ODA programs by participating in the program steering committees
• Grants management:
• Reviewed grant or funding proposals for approval and development or formulation of project or program agreements
• Aligned government policy priorities for country development with development partners’ grant funding objectives
• Managed the reporting process for compliance with grants disbursement procedures
• Assisted in maintaining and modernizing the disbursement procedures to ensure efficiency in grants processes.

• Public Entities Oversight Unit, Assisted management in conducting oversight of public entities by:
• Conducting compliance and corporate governance analysis to ensure that public entities comply with Treasury regulations, Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), King report and other appropriate regulations
• Collecting and analyzing data from public entities and other stakeholders to compile ministerial briefings and reports on service delivery and situation of public entities
• Conducting budget analysis and review of annual budget submissions by public entities
• Conducting financial, policy and strategic plan analysis of public entities and ensuring that public entities conduct their business in line with their mandate and other appropriate regulations
• Assisted management on providing advisory and support services to Minister of Finance on public entities reporting to Ministry of Finance
• Assisted and provided consultative services to public entities in compiling strategic plans and annual performance plans; and
• Assisted management in writing and presenting quarterly and annual reports and Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) Chapter on public entities.

• Assisted management in conducting analysis of sectoral and departmental financing and budgets:
• Analyzed departmental budget submissions
• Collected and analyzed data and compiled reports for the management and relevant stakeholders
• Analyzed Cabinet memorandums on the economic viability and impact of the Departments’ initiatives and projects
• Provided inputs to budget documentation such as the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, Budget Review, Estimates of National Expenditure and Intergovernmental Fiscal Review
• Assisted management in monitoring and evaluation of departments:
• Conducted policy and strategic plan analysis of departments
• Compiled monthly and quarterly reports on expenditure and reasons for any deviations from planned expenditure for the sector
• Maintained information sources and databases to monitor service delivery and performance in the sector
• Provided support to departments to ensure that they are managed in accordance with their mandate, the Treasury regulations, Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), government priorities and other appropriate regulations.