Finance Manager

About the position

Our client, a niche credit fund, specializing in property secured lending is looking to hire a bright, young individual to join their team as the Financial Manager.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and support finance team
• Review month end files each month
• Review management packs each month
• Presentation and discussion of management packs to senior management each month
• Submission of monthly management packs and quarterly updates and financial information to shareholders/investors
• Review of vat and income tax submissions
• Key person responsible for liaison with auditors, to schedule and complete all audits, within tight deadlines, which includes dealing with all queries and submission of all disclosures and requested information.
• Review of individual and consolidated financial statements
• Managing the creditors control function
• Review and approval of all payment requisitions
• Review of all legal documentation linked to each deal, to make sure finance and legal align
• Key person responsible for liaising with investors regarding financial information requested from them on a monthly / quarterly or ad hoc basis
• Managing the tax efficiency between the group companies
• Preparation of a cashflow and profit forecast on a quarterly basis and preparation of a comparison between budget vs actual
• Presentation of the forecasts to senior management on a quarterly basis
• Deregistration of older funds, companies and trusts in the group
• Treasury management
• Risk management
• Overall management of the property portfolio

Requirements:

• CIMA or someone with a bachelor’s degree with substantial experience
• At least 3 years of work experience in Finance post articles
• Compliance experience would be beneficial
• Must be highly competent in excel and Advanced excel skills would be beneficial
• Financial modelling experience would be beneficial
• Must have High Level of Integrity
• Must have good social skills and be able to adapt easily to any situation
• Must be Organized with the ability stay calm and to drive various tasks to completion at the same time
• Must be able to communicate with different stakeholders clearly and effectively
• Must have the ability to identify risk/ problems and problem solve it to minimize risk
• Must be able to operate on his/her own but also to work well within the team

Desired Skills:

• CIMA
• Financial Manager
• Financial Services
• Property
• Southern Suburbs