Finance Manager

Fleming Executive Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Johannesburg seeks a Finance Manager to lead operational finance activities and oversee Senior Accountants. The role requires 7+ years of experience, leadership skills, and strong IFRS knowledge. Ideal candidates will manage a dynamic team and drive efficiency in financial processes. This role is perfect for someone seeking to make an impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience of managing teams in a multi-site business.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English).

Responsibilities

• Oversight and management of the Senior Accountants.
• Business partnering with the Regional Head of Finance.
• Drive process improvements aligned with Group needs.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

IFRS knowledge

Attention to detail

Time management

Excel proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Analytical problem solving

Education

Degree in Accountancy

Relevant professional accountancy qualification (ACA/CA(SA))

Tools

PowerBi

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Teams

Job description

Overview

The role is responsible for leading and managing the day-to-day operational finance activities. The role is responsible for the supervision of staff and the achievement of financial outcomes that meet the company’s month end requirements.

Responsibilities

Main accountabilities include:

• Oversight and management of the Senior Accountants with a strong focus on leadership and team development.
• Business partnering with the Regional Head of Finance on an ongoing daily basis.
• Be the subject matter expert on Reporting, IFRS, controls and standardised processes for the region.
• Drive process improvements aligned with the needs of the Group.
• Work with the regional finance team to develop and implement a strategy for the delivery of an effective and efficient Shared Services model that supports the company’s planned growth strategy.
• Ensure adherence to the internal control’s framework, collaborate information for internal audit and make recommendations for process improvements that are robust, efficient and improve controls.
• Submission of monthly/quarterly secondary tax returns
• Accounting for corporate taxes.
• Working with the Senior Accountants to manage and deliver the month end close for the assigned region. This task will involve following a tight month end process spanning pre and post month end.
• Preparation of month end reporting packs including commentary on variances to targets, forecast and prior years.
• Providing weekly insight to the regional team on the job costing, areas of focus and job corrections.
• Develop and enhance reporting of month end results, insights and KPIs by leveraging data and PowerBi. This can extend to weekly and daily reporting of job profitability.
• Review, preparation and delivery of monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring compliance with internal framework of controls and IFRS.
• Supporting day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data. The role requires business partnering with the AP teams within the Shared Services Centre.
• Business partnering with the AP Manager on the status of vendor and intercompany reconciliations, understand ageing and status of older items, apply commentary to reconciliations and action adjustments required to balance month end intercompany accounts.
• Where required, communicate all queries with vendors and other stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Supporting the regional annual and interim audits.
• Posting payroll information to the finance system and reconciling payroll.
• Processing general journals.
• Maintaining the Fixed asset register, including additions, disposal and depreciation.
• Maintaining leases schedules to comply with IFRS16.
• Understanding expense accounts and cost centres for appropriate allocations
• Supporting the regional Head of Finance with the annual budgets, weekly and quarterly forecasting.
• Assist with any other adhoc administrative responsibilities as requested by your line manager or regional Head of Finance.
• Evaluate and conduct performance appraisals of supervised staff.
• Be responsible for team scheduling, workforce planning, hiring and training staff on new and improved processes and systems and performance management

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Accountancy.
• Relevant professional accountancy qualification (ACA/CA(SA)).
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English).
• Experience of managing teams and an accounting function in a multi-site business.
• A sound knowledge of IFRS and the ability to apply theory to practice.
• Multi-country, multi-currency experience is important.
• Successful candidates will be well organised by nature with proven time management.
• High degree of initiative and self-sufficiency with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines in a fast-paced working environment.
• Experience working with MS Packages (Word, Excel, MS Teams) and PowerBi.
• Strong Excel knowledge.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organisation.
• Sound knowledge of accountancy techniques and best practises.
• Strong attention to detail coupled with problem solving abilities.

Preferred

• Experience in Freight Forwarding or similar business.
• Experience working within a shared services environment.
• Exposure to PowerBi and willingness to develop and share PowerBi skills.
• Experience with freight forwarding system such as TMFF or CargoWise
• Experience with the SUN accounting system.