Head of Group Reporting

SUMMARY:
Most reporting roles ask you to produce a pack for someone else to check. This one asks you to own the result and be able to defend it yourself, then turn it into the insight that drives decisions at the top of the business.

You'll be the person who closes a genuinely complex multi-currency, multi-entity consolidation each month, builds the KPI framework the board actually uses, and stands in front of EXCO to explain not just what happened but why it matters. Get this right, and the CFO stops building numbers and starts acting on them, because you're now the one who's built them.

There's real room to grow here too: a reporting team to shape and lead as it grows, and, as the group launches new ventures, the chance to take on finance leadership for a business unit from the ground up.

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities Run the group's monthly, quarterly and annual consolidation across every entity, handling intercompany eliminations, currency translation, deferred tax and minority interests along the way. Set and enforce the group close timetable, keeping entity finance teams on track to hit it. Build a consolidated income statement, balance sheet and cash flow you can defend line by line, to anyone who asks. Compile the group management pack EXCO relies on each month, and play a lead role in the annual financial statements and audit under full IFRS. Define and maintain the KPI framework the board and EXCO use to track the business. Get under the skin of each business unit's and region's management accounts, question what doesn't look right, and push entity teams for real answers. Explain the \"why\" behind every material variance, not just the number. Model scenarios and what-ifs that feed directly into planning, refinancing and investment calls. Take ownership of the group's chart of accounts and how consistently it's applied across entities, and tighten up the control environment so less gets fixed by hand. Represent the CFO on group reporting matters with entity finance leads, auditors and, when needed, financiers. Grow and eventually lead a group reporting team, with a shot at running finance for a new business unit as the group expands. Desired Experience and Qualifications CA(SA), fully qualified. A minimum of 6 years' post-articles experience, including at least 3 years operating at group level. Hands-on experience owning, not just reviewing, group consolidations in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment. Strong technical IFRS depth, with the confidence to hold your own on technical positions with external auditors. Demonstrated ownership of a KPI framework and scenario\/what-if modelling, built from scratch rather than inherited. Previous experience in a Group Financial Manager or Group Accountant role. The gravitas to present to EXCO and to review and constructively challenge entity finance managers. Advantageous: exposure to manufacturing, FMCG, logistics, or other multi-site operational environments; experience transitioning entities from IFRS for SMEs to full IFRS; advanced Excel and comfort with consolidation\/reporting tooling; experience supporting refinancing or transactions. Remuneration R1 300 000 to R1 400 000 per annum, cost to company. Interested? If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply via this advert link. If you wish to send your resume via email forward your CV to , insert the job title in the subject line of your e-mail. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable position.