Financial Controller Fractional CFO

Afrikye; Durban; On-site; ZAR 650 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A growing finance firm in Durban is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to oversee the integrity and scalability of its accounting function. Responsibilities include managing audits, delivering executive reporting, and mentoring accounting staff. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in Accounting, CPA preferred, and 8-10 years' experience. Excellent English communication skills and advanced proficiency in accounting software are required.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years total experience including 3 years as Controller / Assistant Controller.
• Mastery of multi-entity real-estate accounting.
• Experience with regulatory reporting and budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual closes across 100 legal entities.
• Serve as primary liaison for external auditors and ensure clean audits.
• Build, refine and enforce internal controls across finance.

Skills

Fluent English (C1 / C2)

U.S. GAAP consolidations

Yardi

Advanced Excel

Power BI

OCR / AP automation

Tableau

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or similar

CPA

Tools

Accounting Software

QuickBooks

Sage

Job description

Overview

Our client is seeking a globally experienced Financial Controller to join their growing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the integrity, scalability and strategic insight of the company’s accounting function. You will be required to build systems and people that let the CEO sleep at night and impress lenders, investors and tax authorities; report to the CEO; act as de-facto CFO; and oversee our year one. You’ll cut the close to three days, migrate key entities from cash to accrual and stand-up a three-layer accounting team (junior, senior, lead).

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual closes across 100 legal entities; manage consolidations, intercompany eliminations and minority-interest reconciliations.
• Serve as primary liaison for external auditors, tax advisors and banking partners; ensure clean audits and timely filings.
• Build, refine and enforce internal controls, policies and procedures across finance and procurement.
• Deliver executive reporting: dashboarding, financial KPIs and investor decks for board and fundraising use.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling and strategic planning processes.
• Mentor and grow junior/mid-level accounting and finance staff.

Qualifications

• Matric
• Bachelors in Accounting or similar; CPA strongly preferred
• 810 years total experience including 3 years as Controller / Assistant Controller; CPA highly preferred.
• Fluent English (C1 / C2) with the ability to present financials to non-finance leaders.
• Mastery of U.S. GAAP consolidations and multi-entity real-estate accounting;
• Yardi power-user depth; advanced Excel / Power BI.
• Experience with OCR / AP automation (AvidXchange) or Tableau.

Disclaimer: Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.

Required Experience :

Key Skills

Accounting Software, GAAP, QuickBooks, General Ledger Accounting, Accounting, IFRS, Sage, Regulatory Reporting, Workers' Compensation Law, Budgeting, ERP Systems, Financial Management

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1