Finance Manager - Ca(Sa) Alberton

Minimum Requirements

• Professional Registration and Certification: CA(SA)
• Advanced Excel skills
• SAP advanced
• Hyperion Experience
• 5 Years of Experience managing role, 8 years of experience minimum
• Must be from a manufacturing environment

KNOWLEDGE: Required

• Financial accounting management
• Manage, review and control Debtors (local + foreign), creditors (local, foreign, intercompany), cash book, bank recons, Balance sheet recons, good understanding of IFRS.
• Reviewing the trial balance to ensure all journals are complete and that the trial balance is in line with IFRS requirements.
• Responsible for Month-end processes including month-end checklists, preparing cut-off procedures, and finalization of Trial Balance.
• Upload Trial Balance and supporting schedules to Hyperion.
• Revenue reconciliations and month-end reporting, including reviewing and signing off month-end journals.
• Discussing month-end results with the company executive team and answering any questions they have about the results.
• Reviewing month-end balance sheet reconciliations and identifying reconciling items.
• Cash flow management including weekly and bi-weekly cash flow forecasts, discussing with CFO and CEO, and identifying potential liquidity issues.
• Analyzing monthly actual results against forecast and budget and documenting reasons for variances.
• Reporting and contributing to management accounts pack, including adhoc reporting and analysis.
• Managing intercompany reporting to ensure accounts balance with counterparts.
• Compliance and internal control adherence to local and group policies, improving internal control environment.
• Reviewing VAT calculations and ensuring timely submission of tax payments and compliance.
• Banking responsibilities including managing relationships and approving vendor banking details.
• Understanding of Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and preparing related schedules.
• Meeting with customers or suppliers to discuss payment/documentation issues.
• Supporting corporate financial accounting reporting and internal stakeholders.
• Ensuring COA is mapped or up to date with Hyperion COA.
• Backup for Management Accountant for key tasks and vice versa.
• Accounts receivable and payable management ensuring no long-outstanding debtors & creditors.
• Managing working capital within required group limits and discussing deviations with the Business Unit Controller.
• Providing cost input for the income statement monthly forecast.
• Monthly discussion of income statement forecast with the finance team and the executive team.
• Preparing monthly balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.
• Preparing the yearly budget for balance sheet accounts considering income statement budget information.
• Fixed asset management.
• Reviewing and recommending financial statements for sign-off by the CEO.
• Managing year-end external audit preparation and discussions with auditors.
• Assisting in BBBEE audits.
• Providing technical and other training to the finance team.
• Reviewing monthly payroll runs before releasing payments.
• Reviewing and signing off APDP2 submissions to OEMs.
• Liaising with external stakeholders including banks and regulatory bodies.
• Ensuring compliance with IFRS and tax legislation.
• Supporting operations departments with finance-related activities.
• Managing banking relationships and ensuring mandates are current.
• Meeting with customers and suppliers to discuss account issues.
• Any adhoc activities as required by the global finance team.