Financial Manager

Recruiter:

The HR Company

Job Ref:

Dur000464/Kerry

Date posted:

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

R100000

SUMMARY:
Our client, a well-established electrical contractor who services the industrial, commercial and residential industry, requires a Finance Manager to establish financial systems and lead their finance team. The group has a centralized finance, debtors, creditors, HR, contracts and tenders function at their HO, located in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities include:

Lead finance, admin and HR team
Detailed weekly, monthly, quarterly cash flow planning & management
Contract costing and profitability management
Ensuring all revenue is billed and cash collected as due
Ensuring the costs per contract are accurate, reliable and provide early warning of losses
Ensuring that there are adequate banking facilities available to fund the business
Consolidated financial reporting (monthly / year end)
Profit control – monthly budget vs actual vs prior year variance reporting
Full Tax, VAT / EMP 201& 501 / dividends / Import duties / management of forex
Foreign transactions / Forward cover / Excon management
Ensuring that all expenditure is minimised, authorised, received, allocated correctly
Oversee the debtor’s department, deal with credit problems, ensure cash collected when due
Ensuring the integrity of financial systems / data bases / financial & management reports / history
Ensuring adequate internal controls within the business
Keep Senior Management Team regularly informed on business / finance / cash flow and contract issues
Ensuring that the standard operating procedures are simple / documented / relevant
Projects (Budgets / Insurance program / audits / bank facility / annual audits / etc)

Key Requirements:

CA(SA) or BComm, hons and articles
5-7 years post-article commercial experience
Exposure to, or experience in the construction or allied industries (e.g. supplier) (Preferable)
Computer literate - full finance / payroll exposure

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