Financial Controller (Retail)

AtripleA; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Financial Controller for maternity relief in South Africa. The role involves managing financial practices, training staff on systems, and ensuring compliance with accounting guidelines. Candidates should have CA or CIMA qualifications, strong financial skills, and people management experience. Send your CV to the provided email.

Qualifications

• Strong people management skills are essential.
• Must possess strong financial skills.
• CA or CIMA qualification is required.
• CA or CIMA qualification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sound financial practices in accordance with guidelines.
• Manage the month-end reporting for restaurant accounting.
• Train staff on the Executive Financial Accounting System.
• Coaches accounting staff to develop financial talent across the country.
• Builds teamwork and guides staff to achieve department goals.
• Manages the Executive Financial Accounting System (EIS) and ensures data accuracy.
• Provides timely reports and suggests system improvements (SAP/QlikView/Restaurant systems).
• Coordinates country annual financial plan preparation and forecasts results.
• Maintains internal controls and ensures compliance with policies and procedures.
• Manages month-end restaurant accounting reporting.

Skills

Strong financial skills

People management experience

Financial reporting

Strategic thinking

Education

CA or CIMA qualification

Matric

Tools

SAP

QlikView

Restaurant systems

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, developing them for future opportunities within the system.
• Builds strong relationships and fosters teamwork among department and staff to achieve maximum performance.
• Briefly oversees 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 ensures the correctness of all information provided.
• Trains people to use the systems and extract relevant information to help them manage the business and respond to initiatives underway.
• Provides timely and effective reports for broadcasting to designated users.
• Calibrates with I/S and Accounting in financial system improvement and defines 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, makes 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 comply 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.
• Manages the month‑end reporting for restaurant accounting.

Requirements

• Matric.
• People management experience.
• Strong financial skills.
• CA or CIMA qualification.

Send your CV and latest pay slip to [e-mail]

ATripleA Recruitment and Temps

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