Finance Business Partner

SUMMARY:
To perform the accounting function and provide a consolidated overview of the company budget to ensure accurate and timely financial and management reporting.

POSITION INFO:

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Plan work according to defined priorities.
• Plan and facilitate the delivery of section-specific outputs, ensuring quality and the optimal use of section resources.
• Perform the accounting function in accordance with company policies, relevant accounting standards, cost accounting principles and legislation.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports on capital and operational expenditures for submission to the Governors' Executive Committee and other governance structures.
• Coordinate, review, consolidate and report on the company’s operational and capital budgets to support effective financial management by the organisation.
• Maintain the management information system to enable consistent and accurate reporting of relevant information to senior management.
• Participate in internal and external stakeholder engagements, demonstrating the ability to solicit information and deliver a coherent and convincing message.
• Assist the company departments in correctly applying International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), other financial accounting standards and best practices by providing ongoing guidance.
• Assist the company departments in financially quantifying business cases and evaluating investment options.
• Propose and implement refinements and continual improvements to systems, tools, controls, methods and processes in own area.
• Stay current with developments in own functional area.

• A minimum of a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting
• At least three to five years’ experience in a finance business partnering role

• A Chartered Accountant (South Africa) (CA (SA)) qualification.