Financial Manager (FSP) BCom (Hons) or CA(SA). To R1m.

Our client, a dynamic Financial Services Provider JHB north seeks a Financial Manager.

Candidates must possess a BCom (Hons) Honours with 5 years management experience and at least 5 years post articles

Report to CFO

3 Direct reports and 3 indirect reports

Insurance Industry or Financial Industry experience

DUTIES

• Strategic and Operational scorecards
• Management of the Finance team
• Monthly management reporting, including trend analysis
• Budgets and forecasts
• Profit and cost optimisation
• Finance Risk management
• External and Internal Audit
• Responsible for the overall accounting function
• Technical accounting
• Review of general ledger reconciliations
• Industry analysis
• Financial controls and procedures
• Liaise and support Business Partners with financial procedures and controls
• Finance process optimisation
• Liquidity management
• Finance Risk management
• Operational Finance
• Maintain good relationships with all stakeholders
• Ad hoc analyses and investigations

Qualifications

• BCom (Hons) or CA(SA)
• Articles
• 5 years Management Experience
• Essential: Prior experience in the Insurance arena will be an advantage

Customers

• Internal customers
• External: Suppliers, Service Providers, Business Partners
• Internal and External auditors

Personal Attributes

• Integrity
• Confidentiality
• Self-managed
• Attention to detail
• Deadline/Delivery driven
• Service orientated
• Goal orientated
• Lateral thinker
• Initiative
• Enquiring mind
• Team player
• Ability to relate to all age groups
• Good report writing abilities

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Management skills
• Experience using an accounting system – Great Plains preferable
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Project management skills

Presentation skills