Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE
Reporting to Reginal Financial Manager of the respective dealerships and the Financial Director, the incumbent will be part of the management team. The Financial Manager will manage the financial department and maintain internal control measures to ensure that the dealerships are compliant with sound financial practices and good corporate governance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Process and Governance:

• Manage compliance processes around accountability in order to manage risks and expose liabilities.
• Manage and report on progress against operational budget in liaison with Dealer Principals.
• Compile management accounts, including, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries.
• Conduct reconciliation of vehicles, parts, and service assets, verify against accounting records and address all anomalies with senior line management.
• Identify opportunities to minimize cost or increase revenue.
• Monitor and evaluate financial processes for quality and effectiveness and notify stakeholders accordingly.

• Finance - Plan and manage financial activities in line with approved policies, processes and procedures.
• Customer -Develop and manage key stakeholder relationships that enable achievement of operational.
• People- Implement and manage workforce planning, recruitment, learning and development, performance management, reward and recognition and employee relations to ensure an optimal working environment.
• Ensure timeous, clear contracting and assessment of performance expectations with direct reports in line with identified objectives.

Qualifications Required

• Qualifications Type Academic Field Academic Sub-field Actual Qualification
• Bachelor`s Degrees in Accounting Education, Training and Development Higher Education and Training Accounting NQF Level 7

Experience Required

• 3 + years' Financial Management experience.
• Knowledge of the Drive operating management system will be an advantage.
• 3 - 5 years financial management experience in the retail motor industry

Competency Required
Knowledge of financial accounting principles, classifying, measuring and recording transactions. Excellent computer skills and very proficient in excel, word, and outlook.
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Behavioral Indicators
Sound knowledge and understanding of financial, accounting and tax concepts, financial statements, trial balance, financial record keeping process. Auditing and compiling reports. Interrogates transaction, initiating information or data, and understands, records or enters transactions on to the system. Analyses and reconciles financial information and data, identify auditing discrepancies and reports on such.

Skills Required