Financial Manager

 

Recruiter:

AGA Recruitment Specialists

Job Ref:

CPT000165/AG

Date posted:

Friday, February 18, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa


JOB SUMMARY:
Our Client, a global, multi-cultural company that’s all about entertainment is seeking a Financial Manager to join their team.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
  • B Com (Accounting) with completed Articles , CA(SA), CIMA or equivalent
  • Accounting review experience.
  • Minimum 3 years managerial experience.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Knowledge of IFRS.
  • Experience in Navision (desirable)
  • Experience in reviewing AFS.
  • Independent worker.
  • Self-motivated and highly productive.
  • High levels of accuracy, attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
  • Highly dependable and dedicated.
  • Strong levels of co-operation.
  • Good levels of business acumen.
  • Project management skills including the ability to meet all deadlines and the ability to effectively manage the implementation of proposals/acquisitions.
  • Good writing skills.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Time management skills
Financial reporting:
  1. Monthly management reports
  • Review of monthly management accounts including income statement and variance analysis and documentation of all commentary
  • Review of all balance sheet and related monthly reconciliations.
  • Review of all Trial balances to ensure completeness of the accounts.
  • Approval of all journal entries in the accounting system
  • Maintenance of Monthly Financial Reporting Index
  • Review of open items reports to ensure that all open transactions are reconciled, documented and queries resolved timeously.
  • Review of monthly aging reports to ensure all creditors paid and customers collected timeously.

Prepare the Monthly reconciliation of accounting and data to Group Reports.
  • Ensure all standardization of reporting and schedules across all entities.

  1. Analytical reporting
  • Review all Monthly Product and Regional income statements.
  • Provide summaries of all highlights to the Senior Finance Manager for income statement, balance sheet and open items.
  • Review and resolve Country Manager queries.

Corporate Governance:
  1. Board reporting and minutes
  • Preparation of financial data required for Board Reports.
  1. Audits
  • Work closely with the Statutory team in Co-ordinating of audits and attending to audit queries timeously
  • Review of all team prepared internal and external audit reconciliations & clearing of all queries 3. Tax management and compliance
  • Review of all statutory calculations including tax, VAT, Indirect Taxes, Corporate Tax, annual returns, statutory reports etc. for all entities.
  • Review of all statutory returns including income tax, annual returns, VAT, Indirect Taxes, In-country reports, etc. for all entities.
  1. Regulatory requirements
  • Manage onboarding of new entities, Regions and Products (all accounting and reporting), and that all Financial Regulatory requirements are met.
  • Ensure that the Project team is aware and understands all Finance and related requirements.
  1. Transfer pricing governance
  • Ensure that all Intercompany and Intergroup billing complies with the Group’s Transfer Pricing policy.
  1. Contracts management
  • Internal billing and contract management. Review Internal billing on a regular basis to ensure that it remains practical and relevant.
  • Ensure all contracts are up to date and on file and recorded on the contract matrix.
  • Obtain new contracts for new billing or changes required. Ensure termination agreements are received, filed and recorded on the contract matrix.

Funds and Assets Management:
  1. Forecasts and going concern
  • Take ownership of annual forecasts.
  • Update and maintain rolling forecasts.
  • Review forecast variance analysis and obtain explanations.
  • Escalate any unusual variances.
  1. Cash flow
  • Run weekly Open Item Reports for all entities, query long outstanding items and request feedback on why suppliers are not being paid or customers collected
  • Review and approve weekly payments, ensuring that the correct amounts and suppliers are paid.
  • Release of payments onbanking platforms
  • Ensure timeous supplier and intergroup payments.
  1. CAPEX
  • Review of Fixed Asset Registers and ensure accounting is in accordance with Group policy
  • Ensure short-term insurance contracts are adequately maintained and updated
  • Ensure any internally generated assets have been capitalized in the accounting records on the go live date and appropriate amortization has been applied. Robust and critical systems and controls:

  1. ERP
  • Ensure that Navision, TM1 and other systems operate effectively and efficiently for responsible companies.
  • Investigate and recommend solutions to improve operational efficiencies in the team.
  • Liaise with BI to ensure that the transactional data received is relevant, accurate, complete and received on time.

  1. Policies and procedures
  • Ensure that all accounting is in line with the Group’s accounting policies and procedures.
  • Draft process notes detailing how and why monthly tasks are performed to ensure business continuity.

Finance staffing:
  1. Structure maintenance
  • Escalate and motivate any resource requirements to the Group Finance Manager.

  1. KPI management
  • Day to day management of the financial accounting team.
  • Co-ordinate functions in the team to ensure that all team members are working effectively and able to deliver reporting on time.
  • Ensure best business practice is embedded across all processes and functions.
  • Undertake bi-annual team appraisals and performance development reviews.
  • Ensure team key deliverables are met on time and accurately.
  • Provide guidance, mentoring and support to all direct reports to ensure the team is working efficiently and coherently.
  • Bi-annual setting of team objectives.
  • Manage all stakeholder expectations appropriately and communicate any potential problems.
Ad hoc:
  • Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Trial balance management of all entities.

 

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