Metro appoints new group CFO
Lerutla is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
The Ekurhuleni Council recently approved the appointment of Kagiso Lerutla as the City of Ekurhuleni’s new group chief financial officer (GCFO).
According to metro spokesperson Themba Gadebe, Lerutla (33) first joined the City of Ekurhuleni in 2014 as a divisional head: governance and compliance, within the city’s finance department.
“He brings a wealth of experience in public sector finance and fiscal governance, having worked at the auditor general before being employed by the city,” said Gadebe.
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Lerutla is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, with a BCompt degree from the University of Limpopo and a BCom accounting honours degree from the University of Johannesburg.
He has an essential function in assisting the accounting officer to carry out her financial management responsibilities, in areas ranging from budget preparation to financial reporting and the development and maintenance of internal control policies and procedures.
The GCFO plays an integral role in implementing the financial reforms at the direction of the accounting officer with the assistance of appropriately skilled finance staff.
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