Financial Controller (Retail)

AtripleA; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the retail industry is seeking a Financial Controller for maternity relief. The role encompasses strategic business development, people training, financial control, and reporting, requiring strong financial skills and relevant qualifications such as CA or CIMA. If you have experience in fostering team performance and financial insights, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• CA or CIMA Qualification required.
• Strong financial skills and people management experience.
• Matric required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with financial planning and reporting for restaurants.
• Train and develop accounting staff.
• Ensure financial practices comply with accounting standards.

Skills

People Management

Strong financial skills

Education

CA or CIMA Qualification

Matric

Tools

SAP

QlikView

Job description

Our client in the Retail industry is looking for a Financial Controller for maternity relief.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Business Development
• Understands and interprets business trends (economic, competitive, etc.) and provides financial insights to help restaurants make the right decisions.
• Ensures all financial materials for areas of responsibility are consolidated for internal and external presentations.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual plan including compiling and uploading information into the reporting system.

People Training, Coaching and Development
• Assists with the selection, development and coaching of accounting staff to create the best financial talent for their country, develops them for future opportunities within the system.
• Builds strong relationships and fosters teamwork among department and staff to achieve maximum performance.
• Brief oversee and guides team to achieve the company and department goals.
• Identifies development opportunities and ways to address personal development needs.
• Provides training in areas of financial expertise to members of team and other departments.
• Acts as a coach and mentor to direct reports.

System Development
• Manages and develops the Executive Financial Accounting System (EIS) and ensure the correctness of all information provided.
• Train people to use the systems and extract relevant information to help them manage the business and respond to initiatives underway.
• To provide timely and effective reports for broadcasting to designated users.
• To calibrate with I/S and Accounting in financial system improvement and define opportunities.
• System Optimization -SAP/ QlikView /Restaurant systems

Profitability Growth
• Coordinates the preparation and presentation of the country annual financial plan for stores.
• Interprets trends and forecasts financial results of the country.
• Identifies gaps between monthly forecasted results and targets, make recommendations to ensure annual Company financial goals are achieved.
• Projects results, on time, to all relevant parties.
• Provides information to management teams on the current profit picture and areas of risk.
• Builds systems and runs reports that provide timely and accurate information with regards to GAP analysis to relevant departments.
• Brand extension support

Financial control and reporting
• Ensures that financial practices are sound and in accordance with accounting rules as well as company guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Ensures people understand and are complying with the procedures and processes.
• Establishes and maintains internal control procedures to safeguard corporate assets.
• Ensures all systems and data processing tools have integrity built into them.
• Manages the reporting systems to provide relevant information to the key stakeholders, Country and Corporate, departments and operations.
• Manage the Month-End reporting for Restaurant Accounting

Requirements
• Matric
• People Management experience
• Strong financial skills
• CA or CIMA Qualification

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ATripleA Recruitment and Temps

www.aaaa.co.za

Posted 2024-12-14