Job Description

Our client based in the Cape Town area is seeking an experienced Finance Manager. The ideal candidate should ensure complete, accurate and timeous accounting process up to trial balance and to perform monthly internal reporting and analysis, support audit preparations and audit fieldwork enquiries. To provide relevant and up-to-date information and reply to ad hoc queries in relation to financial matters. Mentor and grow finance team members.
Requirements:

• A degree in Accounting, Finance
• Solid academic results
• CA (SA), CMA
• 2-5 years of experience in a position within the areas of finance, accounting, auditing, tax and internal controls
• Preferred experience in Sage Accounting software
• Expertise in IFRS accounting and internal controls
• General Tax knowledge

Responsibilities:
Accounting and Internal Controls:

• Maintain the accounting function and ERP system
• Maintain the local finance organization and established procedures and controls for all relevant finance processes
• Maintain internal control procedures over all business processes

Monthly Financial and Management Reports:

• Oversee the general accounting function, maintain accounting records including data entry of complete and accurate data for day to day business transactions
• Assist in managing, monitoring and executing all commercial, financial and compliance related tasks
• Ensure the updating of the debt amortization schedules as and when required, the updating of periodic financial and cash budgets and carry out the budget-to-actual variance analysis when required
• Ensure the preparation of accounting documents and monthly schedules
• Ensure invoices, collection of revenues, incoming invoices and reconciliations are correctly accounted for and/or are correctly and timeously processed
• Prepare monthly management accounts
• Prepare the monthly group reporting to the head office
• Assist in the preparation of reports for external reporting (e.g. monthly/quarterly management reports to the BoD and lenders as well as statutory annual financial statements)
• Monitor monthly actual results against the budget and prepare an overall review and analysis of the variances
• Perform other accounting / finance related duties or tasks as assigned from time to time
• Review books of accounts; and monthly management accounts as well as interim and annual financial statements

Cash Flow Management:

• Management of the Treasury Function (local banking relations, accounts required and FX risks)
• Intergroup transaction recording, reconciliation and management
• Manage Central Bank and other government approvals for optimal operations

Annual Budget and Forecasts:

• Prepare the budgeting and forecasting in accordance with operating plans and Group policies
• Annual budget preparation and stakeholder engagement
• Analysis of actual performance to budgeted (monthly)

Internal Control over Financial Reporting:

• Design, implement and maintain the company's books based on group guidelines
• Proposing and implementing cost saving strategies

External Audits and Reviews:

• Assist in the planning, coordinating and monitoring of the statutory audit of all business units under his/her control
• Prepare working papers to bring ledgers to a routinely auditable standard
• Interact with external auditors at the time of conducting of audits
• Prepare annual (and interim) financial statements
• Management of financial statement audits and other agreed engagements

Tax:

• Ensure that all direct, indirect (VAT) and payroll tax returns are filed and all taxes, levies and duties are timely and correctly paid and generally responsible for tax compliance
• Manage all statutory tax reporting covering both direct and indirect taxes
• Ensure appropriate handling of importation and customs issues and reporting
• Engage with both tax advisors and tax authorities to address tax issues
• Contribute to ensure tax optimization

People Management:

• Mentor, coach and manage finance team members
• Assign, delegate and review responsibilities to make sure assigned tasks are clear and executed within timetables
• KPI objective setting, monitoring and feedback
• Assist with personal development goals

Apply directly here. Please note due to high volume responses, only candidates that meet the advertised criteria will be contacted.