Financial Manager

Job Purpose:
To run the finance department of our group of companies

Requirements:
• Someone that will be able to quickly win the respect of their team and whom their team would be willing to trust and follow
• Very strong management skills in order to make sure things get done
• Willing to get their hands dirty and into the detail of things to make sure things get done
• Technically strong and technologically advanced
• Superb attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities and advanced Excel Skills
• Good inter personal skills
• An ability to explain complex financial information in a clear way
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines
• A self-starter who does not require excessive supervision
• Prepared to work overtime as and when required
• SAP Business One experience
• Logical problem-solving skills • A desire to be challenged

Key responsibilities:
• Review of monthly detailed general ledger line items
• Ensuring allocations of income and expenses between different departments are done correctly
• Manage all month-end close-offs
• Preparation and review of various balance sheet and income statement recons
• Preparation and review of various month-end provisions and accruals
• Preparation of various provisional and annual tax calculations and returns
• Preparation of monthly VAT submissions and VAT reconciliations
• Preparation and presentation of management accounts and commentaries
• Preparation of monthly group consolidated accounts
• Submission of monthly results on Onestream for Group Reporting
• Preparation of monthly Board Packs
• Preparation and management of budgets & forecasts.
• Planning and managing the group’s cashflow
• Develop, implement and manage financial systems/policies
• Review and approval of weekly payments
• Import payments – complete instructions / send to bank / follow up with swift copies / OFAC issues
• Action various SAP approvals
• STATS SA submissions – monthly, quarterly and yearly
• Manage all finance related touchpoints with the company’s Retail shop
• Manage and own system master data relevant to areas of influence
• Managing a total staff complement of 13 employees made up out of the debtors team, creditors teams and other administrative support staff.
• Manage annual audits
• Being the SAP ERP Superuser and go-to person for all system related issues, queries and problem solving
• Review current processes and champion change where required
• Drive automation of processes in order to unlock efficiencies
• Partner with the business to drive key strategic objectives
• Be able to stand in for key tasks when the financial director is not available
• Other ad hoc duties as required by Finance Director

Qualifications/Skills:
• CA(SA) or similar qualification

Experience needed:
• At least 7 years’ experience in a similar role
• Understanding of financial consolidations
• Evidence of being a pro-active & hands-on person
• Evidence of pursuing continues self-development
• Experience in working with multi currencies
• Experience in managing group deadlines
• Experience in financial reporting and internal controls.
• Experience in managing a debtors team and a creditors team and ensuring that open items are resolved within set deadlines
• Being proactive to drive cost savings and efficiency gains
• Strong IT experience: SQL programming, PowerBI, PowerQuery, VBA would be advantageous.