About the position
Financial Manager
Job Details
Job Title: Financial Manager
Department: Finance
Reports To: Managing Director
Job Purpose
The Financial Manager is responsible for managing the organization's financial operations, ensuring compliance with South African legislation, and delivering accurate, insightful financial information to support strategic decision-making. This role requires advanced expertise in financial business modelling, planning, and risk management, as well as strong leadership to optimise financial performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate and timely financial statements and management reports in line with IFRS and the Companies Act.
- Drive and manage annual budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain advanced financial business models to support decision-making, cost control, and investment
- Ensure compliance with SARS requirements for VAT, PAYE, and Corporate Income
- Oversee cash flow, working capital management, and treasury
- Establish and maintain robust internal controls, policies, and risk management
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to senior management and the
- Manage payroll, supplier payments, debtors, and creditors
- Lead and mentor finance team members to achieve departmental
- Act as the key contact for auditors, banks, and regulatory
Minimum Requirements
- BCom Financial Accounting
- Registered Financial Officer designation in South Africa (e.g., SAIBA CFO(SA), SAIPA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- 3-5 years of financial accounting & management experience, including team
leadership.
- Expertise in financial modelling, scenario planning, and business
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS, Companies Act, and South African tax
- Proficiency with financial systems (SAP, Sage, Xero, Pastel, or similar) and advanced MS
- Excellent leadership, analytical, and communication
Key Competencies
- Strategic and commercial
- Strong analytical and modelling
- Leadership, coaching, and people
- High ethical standards, integrity, and attention to
- Ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines, and manage multiple
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Financial Reporting Accuracy: 100% compliance with reporting deadlines and IFRS
- Budget & Forecasting Accuracy: Achieve forecast accuracy of ±5% against actual
performance.
- Cash Flow & Working Capital: Maintain positive cash flow and meet liquidity
- Audit & Compliance: Zero material findings in annual
- Tax Compliance: 100% on-time and accurate SARS
- Cost Management: Meet or exceed agreed cost-reduction and efficiency
- Internal Controls: Implement and review financial controls annually, achieving a strong internal audit score.
- Team Leadership: Maintain high staff engagement and achieve agreed performance
ratings for finance team members.
Desired Skills:
- Financial Accounting
- Payroll
- Management Reporting
- SAP
- Sage Pastel
- CIMA
- SAIPA
- Financial Statements
- Technical Accounting
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level & Accreditations:
- Degree
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountant
- South African Institute of Professional Accountant
- Southern African Institute of Business Accountants
About The Employer:
Our Client is a well known and respected entitiy in the Winelands.
