Financial Manager

About the position

Financial Manager

Area: Epping, Cape Town

Salary: R85000 to R95000 p/m depe4nding on qualifications and experience

Position Summary
Responsible for managing the Finance division and for implementing tactical initiatives to
support strategic decisions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the financial operations.
• Contribute and participate in strategic and tactical processes in the business, including financial modelling to support new business development, and other strategic initiatives.
• Provide financial analysis and insights to management regarding the historic and forecast performance of the business, through the management accounting process.
• Maintain high quality financial disciplines and controls throughout the Group and ensure that measures to mitigate risk are effectively implemented.
• Develop and maintain systems, policies and procedures necessary to ensure effective and efficient financial management of the Group.
• Coordinate and facilitate governance and compliance across the company in accordance with industry frameworks in order to monitor and mitigate financial and other risk.
• Preparation of financial and management reports on a monthly basis and ensure the financial results of the business are complete, accurate and timeously recorded in accordance with applicable accounting standards, relevant legislation and Company guidelines.
• Manage the external Audit and oversee the preparation of the annual financial statements.
• To ensure that financial and reporting obligations of the Factoring House, regarding customers are met timeously and accurately on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure a sustainable working capital position by applying systematic cash flow forecasting, rigorous cash flow management metrics.
• Oversight of the debtor process and ensure that the relevant processes are adapted depending on the nature of the customer's profile.
• Oversee and review creditors reconciliations.
• Approve and release of daily COD payments.
• To continuously identify and implement improvements regarding processes and reporting.
• Custodian of profitability and efficiency through oversight of inventory.
• Overseeing annual stock take and calculating the provision for obsolescence.
• Superuser of ERP system, includes working with consultants to continuously improve and customise the system, as well as support users with any issue they might experience or identify.
• Facilitate and finalising of the Annual BBEEE audit.
• Preparing of all Provisional tax and Income tax as well as Dividend Withholding tax calculations/returns.
• Solving of tax queries from the South African Revenue Services.
• Oversee the customs RLA system in conjunction with the clearing agent in respect of the rebate store.
• Perform VAT reconciliations.
• Oversee vendor and application process.
• Oversee credit approval process.

Requirements

• Essential: Relevant tertiary qualification and CA (SA)
• Minimum 5- 8 years' experience in a manufacturing/FMCG environment with a financial leadership role
• Managing a medium size finance team.
• Demonstrated and proven track record of implementing and improving accounting systems, processes, management information and financial reporting.
• Knowledge and experience in all areas of financial planning, budgeting, analysis and overall financial management.

Skills and Abilities

• Proven and sound financial and risk management skills
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Exceptional problem-solving ability
• Ability to communicate, present and influence at all levels of the organisation, including management and executive level
• Advanced skill in Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel.
• Acumatica (ERP) experience and knowledge - advantageous
• Results driven and able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Preference will be given to AA applicants

Desired Skills:

• Financial Reporting
• Financial
• Technical Accounting
• Financial Accounting
• Balance Sheet Review
• Internal Controls
• Group Accounting
• Financial compliance
• Financial Reporting Management

Desired Work Experience:

• 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Masters

About The Employer:

Financial Manager

Area: Epping, Cape Town

Salary: R85000 to R95000 p/m depe4nding on qualifications and experience

Position Summary
Responsible for managing the Finance division and for implementing tactical initiatives to
support strategic decisions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities




- Oversee and manage the financial operations.
- Contribute and participate in strategic and tactical processes in the business, including financial modelling to support new business development, and other strategic initiatives.
- Provide financial analysis and insights to management regarding the historic and forecast performance of the business, through the management accounting process.
- Maintain high quality financial disciplines and controls throughout the Group and ensure that measures to mitigate risk are effectively implemented.
- Develop and maintain systems, policies and procedures necessary to ensure effective and efficient financial management of the Group.
- Coordinate and facilitate governance and compliance across the company in accordance with industry frameworks in order to monitor and mitigate financial and other risk.
- Preparation of financial and management reports on a monthly basis and ensure the financial results of the business are complete, accurate and timeously recorded in accordance with applicable accounting standards, relevant legislation and Company guidelines.
- Manage the external Audit and oversee the preparation of the annual financial statements.
- To ensure that financial and reporting obligations of the Factoring House, regarding customers are met timeously and accurately on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Ensure a sustainable working capital position by applying systematic cash flow forecasting, rigorous cash flow management metrics.
- Oversight of the debtor process and ensure that the relevant processes are adapted depending on the nature of the customer's profile.
- Oversee and review creditors reconciliations.
- Approve and release of daily COD payments.
- To continuously identify and implement improvements regarding processes and reporting.
- Custodian of profitability and efficiency through oversight of inventory.
- Overseeing annual stock take and calculating the provision for obsolescence.
- Superuser of ERP system, includes working with consultants to continuously improve and customise the system, as well as support users with any issue they might experience or identify.
- Facilitate and finalising of the Annual BBEEE audit.
- Preparing of all Provisional tax and Income tax as well as Dividend Withholding tax calculations/returns.
- Solving of tax queries from the South African Revenue Services.
- Oversee the customs RLA system in conjunction with the clearing agent in respect of the rebate store.
- Perform VAT reconciliations.
- Oversee vendor and application process.
- Oversee credit approval process.

Requirements


- Essential: Relevant tertiary qualification and CA (SA)
- Minimum 5- 8 years' experience in a manufacturing/FMCG environment with a financial leadership role
- Managing a medium size finance team.
- Demonstrated and proven track record of implementing and improving accounting systems, processes, management information and financial reporting.
- Knowledge and experience in all areas of financial planning, budgeting, analysis and overall financial management.

Skills and Abilities


- Proven and sound financial and risk management skills
- Ability to lead and manage change
- Exceptional problem-solving ability
- Ability to communicate, present and influence at all levels of the organisation, including management and executive level
- Advanced skill in Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel.
- Acumatica (ERP) experience and knowledge - advantageous
- Results driven and able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to perform under pressure
- Preference will be given to AA applicants