About the position
Letsema Consulting and Advisory seeks to engage a qualified and experienced Finance Manager to support one of our clients for a duration of 6 - 8 months.
The Financial Manager is responsible for the provision of Financial Management services. The role involves financial and asset management, accounts receivables and payables management, management accounting and financial reporting. The incumbent further ensures compliance with accounting policies, standards, principles, all acts, and other statutory requirements.
Role Requirements:
Achievement and Management of the Unit's Business Plans:
- Contribute to the development of the Unit's operational plan
- Ensure the implementation and compliance to reporting templates and frameworks
- Ensure monthly reporting in the Unit
- Manage and monitor budget in the Unit through managing variances in actual vs. budget expenditure in all areas of accountability
- Develop risk management strategies and risk register for the Unit
- Develop polices, and procedures for the Unit
- Ensure clean, audit results
- Handle audit queries and ensure the availability of information for audit purposes
- Compilation of quarterly and annual reports
- Continuous improvement of financial policies and practises
- Monitoring of progress on the implementation of Auditor General's recommendations
- Reduction in overall audit findings
- Delegated authority for approval procurement processes as per delegation of authority approved by board
- Delegated authority for approval of payments on the banking system
Financial Management and Reporting: - Compilation of management accounts
- Cash flow projections
- Compilation of annual financial statements
- Compilation of quarterly and annual reports
- Formulation of reporting templates
- Departmental reporting to management monthly
- Accurate and complete balance sheet reconciliations monthly
Income and Expenditure Management:
- Timeous and accurate payment of suppliers and stakeholders
- Ensure accurate submission of SARS returns
- Accurate recording of revenue
- Timeous collection of outstanding debtors accounts
- Management of working Capital
- Coordinate output of reports and/or approvals of request by management
Payroll Administration:
- Ensure processing of employee salaries and third-party payments
- Ensure distribution of payslips
- Ensure accurate submission of SARS returns
Product Costing and Pricing: - Ensure planning, studying and collection of data to determine costs of actual business activities such as raw material purchases, inventory, labor and overhead at the plant
- Ensure analysis of changes in manufacturing / production configuration, raw materials or manufacturing methods to determine the effects on product costs and internal product margins
- Ensure preparation of forecasting, budgeting and ad hoc financial analysis
- Oversee review of standard and actual product costs for accuracy
- Ensure reporting on margins by product and product category
- Ensure accurate reporting and valuation of inventory vs actual physical inventory
Budgeting:
- Coordination of the OBP budget process
- Preparation, implementation and monitoring of the OBP budget
- Accurate, timely and high-quality financial analysis
Fixed Asset Management: - Ensure that all assets bought and received are captured in the financial system and that input documents are available
- Sign off on all input documentation
- Direct the account and journal (if changes are required) and sign off
- Ensure the updating of the fixed asset register
- Ensure the depreciation and ware-and-tear run are done on a monthly basis
- Ensure the provision of the integrity report - fixed asset register reconciled with financial system information and sign of
- Ensure a physical check (actual vs. fixed asset register) is conducted on a bi-annual basis
People Management:
- Conduct timeous recruitment and selection of staff
- Provide capacity building, through training, coaching and development of direct reports
- Ensure that employees have clear work expectations and goals,
- Ensure attendance of staff
- Manage the disciplinary of employees in the Unit
Risk Management:
Ensure the operational Risk Register is compiled and action plans reported on quarterly
Skills and Qualifications:
- BCom Accounting or Finance with completed Articles
- Registered with relevant accounting professional bodies will be highly advantageous
- Computer literacy with extensive knowledge in Caseware
- 10 years' relevant experience of which 3 have been in a Senior Management role - mandatory.
Job Type: Full-time
Ability to Relocate:
- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Desired Skills:
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Accounting
- Payroll
- Risk Management
- Treasury Management
- Caseware
Desired Work Experience:
- More than 10 years Middle / Department Management
Desired Qualification Level:
