CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Staff Unlimited Recruitment Pty Ltd T / A MPC Recruitment Group EC; Mbombela; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to oversee financial management and ensure compliance with statutory requirements. The successful candidate must have at least 8 years of experience in senior financial roles and a Bachelor's degree in finance. Responsibilities include financial reporting, auditing skills, and assisting with accounting queries. This position is located in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in senior financial management.
• Must be able to comply with statutory financial requirements.
• Experience in creating accounting forecasts is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Report on Group costings and profitability.
• Assist in accounting queries of the financial manager.

Skills

Financial management experience

Auditing skills

Knowledge of statutory requirements

Forecasting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance

Job description

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

NELSPRUIT – MPUMALANGA

• Bachelor’s degree in finance necessary and minimum 8 years’ experience in senior financial management.
• The position requires professional scepticism – being aware at all times of possible loopholes in the financial systems (banking, HR, accounting, suppliers, taxes etc) and creating systems that address these possible loopholes.
• Together with the first point – the position requires auditing skills, such as implementation of segregation of duties etc, when creating effective systems.
• Must be able to create accounting forecasts
• Must have knowledge of statutory requirements for companies, such as Employment Equity, Workmen’s Compensation, Company Taxes (VAT, Income Tax, Customs duties, Employee taxes etc), Companies Act etc.
• Must ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Report on Group costings
• Interpretation of monthly management accounts, Group budget vs actual and group costings
• Report on Depot profitability, Transport costs and back load profitability, and various other sales analyses.
• Constant monitoring of Intergroup loans and servicing them.
• Constant monitoring of Cross border suppliers and customers – their Aging should be as close as possible to 90 days.
• Being available to assist the financial manager in South Africa with any accounting queries