Financial Controller - Paterson

HotelJobs; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

HotelJobs is seeking a highly skilled Financial Controller for a prestigious 5* Game Reserve near Paterson. This mid-level, hands-on leadership role balances strategic commercial insight with daily transactional operations and banking functions.

You will oversee accounts payable, payroll submissions, supplier reconciliations, VAT and customs duties, and prepare audit-ready files while guiding lodge managers and department heads on financial performance and controls.

Qualifications

• Matric certificate required; financial diploma or degree preferred.
• At least 3+ years of accounting experience.
• Hospitality experience advantageous.
• Intermediate MS Office knowledge.
• Excellent attention to detail and customer service orientation.
• Strong planning and organising skills; works well under pressure.
• Professional written and verbal communication; deadline-driven.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier invoices and approvals, ensuring PO are attached.
• Perform supplier reconciliations and load suppliers as beneficiaries.
• Create payment requisitions and process batches; reconcile ledgers.
• Oversee petty cash; payroll submissions to payroll department.
• Prepare ad-hoc invoices and ensure monthly billing is accurate.
• Maintain financial records and assist with audits.
• Handle VAT processing and customs duties.
• Support external audit with full creditors file.

Skills

Accounting

Hospitality experience

MS Office

Attention to detail

Customer service

Planning and organizing

Communication

Deadline oriented

Pressure management

Education

Matric certificate

Financial diploma or degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Prestigious 5* Game Reserve based close to Paterson is seeking a highly skilled and commercially minded Financial Controller to join their executive finance team. This is a mid-level; hands-on leadership role designed for a finance professional who can balance high-level commercial strategy with meticulous daily operations. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you will be the engine room of the department safeguarding financial integrity, driving profitability; and providing guidance & information to department heads and lodge managers, while simultaneously owning the daily transactional workflows, reconciliations; and banking functions. You will also supervise the Accounts Payables.

Duties

• Ensure all invoices have approved orders attached, before processing and capturing
• Perform 1st level review on supplier reconciliations on all suppliers reflected on age analysis.
• Loading of suppliers as beneficiaries
• Create payment requisitions and attach invoices, recon supplier ledger to payment batches.
• Load payments into and send to authorised team members to check and release
• Petty cash count & reconciliation monthly.
• Ensuring accurate and timely submission of payroll information to payroll department monthly.
• Preparing ad-hoc customer invoices and ensuring the monthly billing cycle is done accurately and timeously.
• Assist with performing monthly spot checks on operational asset register lists and stock counted.
• Maintain accurate and up to date financial records.
• Sound knowledge of VAT processing and the implications thereof
• Customs duty monthly submission.
• Audit; control and process all supplier invoices as per financial manual
• Preparing full creditors audit file to be reviewed by senior Finance Team before external audit commences.
• Support the business as and when ad-hoc financial request come in and provide information that is accurate, of a high standard and delivered within required timeframes.

Requirements

• Matric Certificate
• A Financial Diploma or Degree
• At least 3+ years accounting experience
• Hospitality Experience Advantageous
• Intermediate MS Office knowledge
• Attention to detail
• Customer Service orientation
• Planning and organising skills
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Perform well under pressure and adhere to deadlines