About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
PROVIDE strategic financial leadership while mentoring and developing the Finance team as the next Chief Financial Officer sought by a Centurion-based Tech Company. You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of financial management, ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and governance practices. The successful candidate will play a strategic role in strengthening the company’s financial position by providing timely insights, intelligence, and analysis to stakeholders, while fostering efficiency, innovation, and sustainable growth. The ideal candidate must be a qualified CA with at least 10 years of progressive finance experience and have proficiency with Expert-level Excel & Sage200.
DUTIES:
- Responsible for the full finance function.
- Analysis of Financial Results.
- Monthly Billing.
- Various Control and Systems implementation and review.
- Tax compliance and all matters surrounding company taxes.
- SARS submissions – PAYE, VAT, Provisional tax, Income tax, Dividend tax.
- Overall management of budgeting and reforecasting process.
- Management Account preparation.
- Various operational reports.
- Implementation and review of internal controls and processes.
- Enhancement of systems.
- Communication with suppliers, customers and other stakeholders.
- Produce and present monthly financial reports for/to relevant stakeholders and executives.
- Oversee the preparation of annual financial reports and financial statements in accordance with IFRS within agreed timelines and in compliance with company requirements.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements relating to financial control, financial management and accounting.
- Ensure implementation and adherence to finance policies, procedures and systems across all territories.
- Engage with external auditors to ensure successful audit results and compliance.
- Ensure appropriate external audit arrangements are in place and manage the audit process.
- Financial Modelling/Scenario Analysis where needed.
- BEE compliance.
- ICASA compliance.
- Commissions and payroll.
- Ad hoc normal business operations and challenges.
REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications -
Experience/Skills -
- 10+ Years of progressive finance experience.
- Proficient with Sage200, for both management accounts and annual financial statements.
- Experience in the preparation and finalisation of accounts in accordance with IFRS.
- Up to date knowledge on new IFRS standards and interpretations.
- Up to date knowledge with South African Tax requirements i.e Income Tax, VAT, etc.
- Knowledge of strategic and financial planning, including costing, benchmarking, trends and KPIs.
- Experience in budget preparation, reporting and reforecasting.
- Computer literacy; fully conversant with the current uses of information technology.
- Expert level of Excel skills.
Advantageous –
- Experience in Telecommunications and/or FinTech.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Deadline driven, accountable, thorough and professional.
- Proactive, Efficient and Focused.
- Responsible, self-managed and delivery focused.
- Reliable, trustworthy and a team player.
- Problem Solver.
Desired Skills:
