Financial Manager

SET Consulting; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consulting firm in Cape Town seeks a Financial Manager to oversee financial reporting and manage the finance team. The ideal candidate will have a CA(SA) qualification and 6-8 years of managerial experience. Key responsibilities include budgeting, compliance with financial regulations, and preparing financial reports for management meetings. This role offers a competitive salary of R1.5m plus bonuses, making it an excellent career opportunity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years’ experience as a Financial Manager leading a team.
• Strong understanding of financial regulations and legislation.
• Experience with consolidations, tax, and VAT.

Responsibilities

• Manage and guide the finance team.
• Review and approve budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare financial reports for management meetings.
• Ensure deliverables align with group deadlines.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Budget management

Tax regulations

IFRS compliance

Education

CA(SA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job description

Financial Manager

R1.5m plus bonus

Cape Town

Excellent career opportunity with division of leading listed FMCG Group. Reporting into the FD you will be responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing and reporting financial and management information. This role will be responsible for offering insights and financial advice that will facilitate best business decisions for the company.

Key performance areas

• Manage finance team members providing guidance and training.
• Review business budgets and forecasts.
• Preparation of BBBEE schedules and scorecard on a monthly basis.
• Ensure finance team completes monthly/quarterly deliverables in line with Group deadlines.
• Review and approve monthly general ledger reconciliations.
• Coordinates the preparation of the external audit materials.
• Prepare and review financial reports for monthly management meetings.
• Review weekly cash flow forecasts and evaluate and investigate variances.
• Prepare annual tax return schedules and tax calculations.
• Review and approve statutory statutory/government returns (example SARB returns and Stats SA)
• Understand and adhere to financial regulations and legislation.

Qualifications and experience

• CA(SA)
• Proven experience as a Financial Manager with minimum 6 -8 years’ experience in a similar role, leading a team.
• Consolidations
• IFRS
• Tax & VAT
• SAP experience beneficial