Financial Controller / Accountant

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; Sur place; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Financial Controller/Accountant to oversee the accounting function and build the financial infrastructure to support growth. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong accounting fundamentals, and rigorous processes to improve accuracy and value.

Responsibilities include maintaining policies, ensuring GAAP compliance, managing cash, AP, AR, payroll, budgeting, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or related business field
• CA(SA)
• Experience in managing/building a team of direct reports
• Experience in Healthcare Technology and startup environments a plus
• Minimum 3-5 years of corporate accounting or transaction services experience
• Sophisticated understanding of QuickBooks (and Sage Intacct ideally)
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with ability to create professional quality work products
• Willingness to work periodic evenings and weekends to meet deadlines

Responsabilités

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Closely monitor all Company assets and ensure security measures to limit leakage and theft
• Ensure Company financials comply with GAAP and accurate accruals
• Knowledge of QuickBooks & Sage Intacct; take over bookkeeping responsibilities
• Manage AP, including payment verification via Bill.com
• Handle vendor spend and renegotiate contracts
• Cost management and cost center management
• Ensure AR are calculated, monitored and collected promptly
• Process payroll timely and report variances
• Reconcile bank statements and monitor cash position
• Maintain controls over accounting transactions
• Maintain shareholder list in Excel and Carta
• Issue timely, complete financial statements and monthly reporting package
• Develop and maintain monthly KPI reports for senior management
• Coordinate information for external tax advisors for annual tax audit
• Comply with tax filings and government reporting
• Assist in acquisition review and integration of targets into core financials
• Lead the finance team as needed

Connaissances

GAAP compliance

AP management

AR management

Payroll processing

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Excel

PowerPoint

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

Bill.com

Carta

Formation

CA(SA)

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Outils

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

Bill.com

Carta

Description du poste

About the job Financial Controller / Accountant

The Financial Controller/Accountant will be responsible for overseeing the accounting function while helping to develop the financial infrastructure needed to manage the companys growth. He/she will need to implement rigorous processes while constantly searching for value in areas aligned with the companys strategic objectives. This will require an individual who is energetic, has a strong background in the fundamentals of accounting, and is willing to be hands-on.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Closely monitor all Company assets and ensure appropriate security measures are taken to limit leakage and theft
• Ensure Company financials comply with GAAP and all meaningful accruals and other accounting estimates are accurately and consistently applied and monitored
• Knowledge of accounting systems (Quickbooks & Sage Intacct) and ability to seamlessly take over full control of bookkeeping responsibilities.
• Have experience managing all accounting procedures necessary to support a Company, including but not limited to:
• Ensuring that accounts payable are verified and paid in a timely manner. Knowledge of AP system called Bill.com
• Manage vendor spend and proactively recommend opportunities to renegotiate vendor contracts
• Cost management from both a shared services cost allocation and cost center management point of view
• Ensuring that accounts receivable are accurately calculated, monitored and collected as promptly as possible
• Processing payroll in a timely manner and report to management any meaningful variations related to overtime, commissions, bonuses, etc.
• Ensuring that periodic bank reconciliations are completed and that the Companys cash position is strategically monitored
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Maintain company shareholder list in both Excel and Carta (capitalization table management tool)
• Issue timely and complete financial statements and assist in preparation of monthly reporting package
• Take a pro-active role in go-forward initiatives to optimize financial reporting templates
• Assist in the production of the annual budget and the reporting of any deviations from the budget to management
• Develop and maintain monthly KPI reports to be provided to senior management to monitor Company financial performance on a real-time basis
• Coordinate the provision of information to external tax advisors for the annual tax audit. This will include Franchise Tax, Sales Tax, Property Tax, K1s to investors, 1099s to vendors
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Assist in the financial review of acquisition targets and lead the integration process acquired businesses into core business financials

Duties and responsibilities:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or related business field
• CA(SA)
• Experience in managing/ building a team of direct reports required to build out the Finance function within a high growth technology/ healthcare environment
• Experience in Healthcare Technology and startup environments a plus
• Minimum 3-5 years of corporate accounting or transaction services experience
• Must have a sophisticated understanding of QuickBooks (and Sage Intacct ideally)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint with ability to create professional quality work products that can be easily digested by senior management
• Able and willing to work periodic evenings and weekends to meet deadlines and urgent management requests