Client Details:
For over 50 years, our client has delivered integrated cloud based safety and electronic security solutions globally. They are people centric, innovative and growing fast.
Role Responsibilities:
- Monitoring the day-to-day financial operations within the group.
- Developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Ensuring the company s financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth.
- Overseeing and leading debtors and creditors function.
- Ensuring that the requirements of all statutory bodies are met.
- Keeping up to date with the latest SARS and IFRS changes.
- Maintaining financial records and preparing general ledger accounts.
- Recording lease smoothing entries.
- Maintaining the fixed asset register and calculating depreciation journal entries.
- Preparing project WIP calculations.
- Calculating commission payable on a monthly basis.
- Driving the month-end and year-end close process.
- Prepare the following monthly:
- Consolidation workings (intercompany eliminations, etc.).
- Management accounts for the business.
- Cash Flow forecasts.
- Monthly packs for sales meetings.
- Liaising with external auditors, coordinating the audit process and overseeing the preparation of audit files for year end audits.
- Understanding, monitoring and reporting key business and financial drivers.
- Ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements.
- Actioning intercompany transfers and forex conversions.
- Assisting the CEO and Divisional Managers with the preparation of the budget.
- Reporting to management on variances from budget and reasons for variances.
- Participating in financial risk analysis, payment method structuring and overdue account escalations to ensure improvement of the account receivable portfolio.
- Analysing operational drivers and driving process improvement.
- Ensure that insurance policies are up to date
- Submit and manage insurance claims as and when they arise
- Assisting with driving the BEE strategy and ensuring BEE compliance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- BCom Accounting Degree.
- Qualified CA or CIMA.
Relevant Skills / Experience:
- 3 - 5 years experience within a similar role.
- Experience in Cost Accounting (experience in working in the construction industry would be beneficial).
- Leadership skills and experience.
- Strong experience with Projects and Operational Accounting.
PS Even if you feel you don t have all the skills listed or if this spec isn t what you are looking for, feel free to send your CV as we probably have other opportunities that could interest you. For a more comprehensive and updated list of opportunities that we have on offer, do visit our website -
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Financial Manager, Budget, Accounting