Financial Controller (Cost Accountant)

The Key Recruitment Group; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A water treatment company in Paarl is looking for a Financial Controller to manage and present monthly financial results. The role involves overseeing project costing, cash flow management, and financial reporting both at project and corporate levels. Candidates should have a B. Com or relevant accounting diploma and 5 years of project accounting experience. Proficiency with budgeting, MS Office, and accounting software like SAP is essential. Attractive salary and a dynamic work environment offered.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience within project accounting.
• Experience with budget, monthly closing, and financial data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Review project costing to ensure cash flow and profitability forecasts align with the budget.
• Maintain financial follow-up of cost centres in ERP.
• Manage General Ledger reporting and financial entries processing.
• Prepare monthly reports and manage cash flow and contract synthesis.

Skills

Project accounting experience

Budget preparation

Financial analysis

Cost control package

MS Office

SAPByDesign/SAP

Education

B. Com/B. Tech/Diploma in Cost Accounting or Management Accounting

Job description

Water and water treatment company seeks to employ a Financial Controller to present monthly financial results, project costing review, cash flow and monthly reporting on both project and corporate business unit level. Based in PAARL.

For the position you would be required to have:

• B. Com/ B. Tech/ Diploma in Cost Accounting or Management Accounting
• Around 5 years’ relevant experience within project accounting
• Experience with budget/ monthly closing, analysis of financial data and profitability, accounting and cost control package, MS Office and SAPByDesign/SAP or similar accounting package

Responsibilities would include you to:

• Review of the business unit/s various project/contract costing to ensure cash flow and profitability forecasts are in line with the project budget.
• Maintain the financial follow up of the cost centres in ERP and review of the processing of entries to correct accounts and cost centres.
• Manage the General Ledger reporting and review of the processing of all financial entries relating to the business unit/s.
• Monthly reporting, commercial database management, contract synthesises, cash flow, risks & opportunities, tender pricing review as well as corporate reporting of the business unit/s and projects.
• Assist Business unit/s management with monthly closing, annual budget and quarterly forecasts based on projects status.
• Manage all aspects of the business unit/s P&L, investigate balance sheet, interrogate figures to ensure accurate reporting.
• Getting supplier invoices authorised before sending them to Accounts Payable and apply document control.
• Opening of new jobs / projects in SAPByDesign.
• Check and Send customer invoicing instructions to Accounts Receivable.
• Responsible for quarterly stock take and assistance with day-to-day stock control.

Please apply online or contact Jan van Dyk on 021 – 531 2015 for more information