Financial Controller

Black Pen Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Financial Controller to manage daily financial operations in Cape Town. This full-time role requires a bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and relevant certifications like CA or CPA. Responsibilities include overseeing bookkeeping, ensuring tax compliance, managing internal controls, and supporting payroll activities. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership and analytical skills, with the ability to drive efficiencies in financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of daily financial operations including bookkeeping.
• Manage internal controls.
• Oversee banking and cash management.
• Ensure tax compliance (Income Tax, VAT, Employee Taxes).
• Support HR in payroll and related activities.
• Manage audits and statutory reporting.
• Assist FP&A in variance analysis and seeking efficiencies.

Skills

Budgeting and forecasting

Compliance

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration

Master's degree in finance or business administration (MBA)

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

ACA or ACCA

Job description

About the job Financial Controller (BPO/Call Center)

Our clients team has a vast in-depth knowledge gained from years of real world delivery in large private and public companies, including many household brands. Their expertise spans across process improvement, lean management techniques, operations technology delivery and enhancing customer experience. Our client's purpose is to support the growth of UK businesses and increase operational efficiencies, through the deployment of flexible, rapid and low cost solutions that deliver real business outcome

Role Overview
Our client keeps growing which means great opportunities are being created to grow our team and be a part of our exciting future.

We have an opportunity to expand our finance team to provide an additional support layer to our clients, finance teams, and projects area.

Job Type: Full-time/Permanent

Location: Cape town

Workplace: Onsite

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field is essential
• A master's degree in finance, business administration (MBA), or a related field can be advantageous and may lead to higher-level roles
• Certifications such as Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
• ACA or ACCA preferably
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Compliance
• Strategic thinking
• Analytical skills
• Leadership
• Communication

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of daily financial operations (including bookkeeping)
• Internal controls
• Banking and Cash Management
• Tax compliance (Income Tax, VAT, Employee Taxes)
• Support HR in payroll & other activities
• Audits and Statutory Reporting
• Support FP&A in variance analysis & seeking of efficiencies.