Financial Accountant

Recruiter:

Talented Recruitment

Job Ref:

DBN001878/LP

Date posted:

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Location:

Portelizabeth, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:
Qualified CA or SAIPA Qualified candidate required to manage the finance function for a global company based in Port Elizabeth.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Requirements:

Must have CA (SA) qualification.
Recently qualified CA.
Minimum of 1 - 3 years experience (including articles).
Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
Fuel/Chemical Industry experience will be an advantage.

Knowledge and skills:

Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications (Word / Excel / PowerPoint), in particular Excel.
Intermediate on Projects.
Accounting software package experience
ERP experience
Creating management reports
Ability to work with and manage multiple operational departments.
Ability to extract data and summarise into relevant management reports.
IFRS
Financial statement drafting.
Knowledge of income tax and preparing tax calculations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Management and oversight of the finance and operational departments.
Drive operational efficiencies and continually improve performance.
Drive sales teams to achieve targets by utilizing sales reports.
Create and prepare sales management reports for analysis.
Prepare monthly management reports for direct reports timeously.
Analyze monthly reports and provide feedback with regards to variances.
Ensure customer pricing and margins are maintained as per agreement.
Ensure target/budget margins are achieved and investigate reasons for variances.
Prepare and monitor budgets.
Drive KPA’s and ensure targets achieved.
Ensure audits are prepared for and run effectively and efficiently.
Review draft annual financial statements.
Review tax computations.
Ensure statutory compliance.
Check costings and margin calculations on new customers and retail sites.
Ensure monthly departmental reports are prepared on time and investigate any variances.
Credit management.
Ensure customers remain within prescribed credit limits.
Support debtors teams in managing and avoiding potential bad debt.
Cash flow management.
Working with all departments and branches to ensure effective and efficient operations.
Corporate Governance.
Ad-hoc project planning and implementation.
Any other finance, operational and analytical related functions as and when required.
Maintain a culture of strong work ethic, respect and performance, ensuring deadlines are met.
Ensure completeness and accuracy of company records.
Maintain control and security over company assets.
Proficient in Excel and summarizing large amounts of data into reports for management.
Provide staff and departments direction and guidance within company policies and guidelines when require.
Present reports to stakeholders and hold monthly management meetings.
To be a problem solver and create order out of chaos.

Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website, should you wish to keep abreast with our active roles.

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