Finance Manager - Reporting

About the position

Our client is looking for a Finance Manager: Reporting to join their growing team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Divisional Head with financial reporting, financial controls and governance, planning (forecasting and budgeting) and business support.

Responsibilities include:

• Financial and management reporting - ensuring accuracy, completeness and relevance, including Board packs and external audit liaison
• Budgeting and forecasting - adjusting financial plans in response to changes in the business environment or new information
• Innovation and analytics - driving continuous improvement, automation and enhancement of financial information and business processes, and creating a sustainable solution for new requirements
• Business insights - ensuring financial information is presented in a clear and concise manner and complex financial concepts are communicated well to non-financial stakeholders
• Ad hoc support and financial analysis to ensure response to identified risk areas and topical issues
• Governance - implementing, maintaining and improving financial control environment and policies
• Managing and ensuring the data integrity and alignment of financial master data and any changes across all finance reporting platforms
• Prescribing best practice accounting policies and operational accounting implementation to ensure the compliance of accounting provisions in terms of IFRS and legislation
• Reviewing internal and external audit findings, and managing resolution and closure of findings

Requirements:

• CA (SA) with a minimum 2 + years post qualification experience
• Previous experience of managing a team / process / project
• Knowledge of SAP FI, BPC and BI advantageous
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills - must have the ability to manage and influence teams
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities, financial analysis and modelling
• Strong collaboration, negotiation, communication, organisation, people management and conflict resolution skills
• Pro-active approach to implementation of changes
• Microsoft Excel intermediate
• PowerPoint intermediate

Desired Skills:

• SAP
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Analysis