Financial Manager

Lotus Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable construction company in Cape Town seeks a Financial Manager with strong expertise in the construction sector. Candidates should hold a BComm/Honours in Accounting and possess 5+ years of relevant experience, alongside a professional registration with CIMA or SAIPA. Responsibilities include financial management, costing, and detailed reporting. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of taxation, VAT, and contractual law.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in financial management in construction or property development.
• Expertise in taxation, VAT, auditing, and contractual law.

Responsibilities

• Management of equipment, materials, and resource costing.
• Balance sheet analysis and reporting in the construction context.

Skills

Costing

Balance sheet analysis

VAT

Taxation

Reporting

Commercial Law

Contracts

Education

BComm/Honours in Accounting

Professional registration with CIMA or SAIPA

Job description

Our client, a reputable and well established construction company, focused on medium to large scale building projects, seeks to employ a Financial Manager, with a strong background in the construction or similar sector, to join this progressive and expanding professional team in Cape Town.

Please note that this role is not suited to candidates from a commercial background but geared toward a candidate who has worked in the construction, property development or civils sector.
KEY REQUIREMENTS TO MEET FOR CONSIDERATION:

• You will have a BComm/Honours in Accounting or similar qualification in Finance, coupled with a professional registration with CIMA, SAIPA, or related and 5 plus years experience in financial management within a strong technical sector, with preference to those from the construction or property development sector
• Your working experience will include equipment, materials and resource costing, as well as knowledge of commercial, King’s Commission Law and contractual law and reporting
• In addition, you will have expert working experience in taxation, VAT, insurance, auditing, balance sheet analysis, costing and union/bargaining council negotiations.
• You must have a valid driver’s licence, own car and a clear criminal and credit record

Please note that should you not be currently resident in the region and area advertised but still wish to apply, the cost of travel for interviews and relocation will be for your expense.

Due to the exceptionally high volume of applications, we are unable to correspond with each applicant personally, therefore only relevant and suitable candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive any correspondence from our company within 30 days, we regret your application has been unsuccessful.

Desired Skills:

• Costing
• Balance sheet analysis
• VAT
• Taxation
• Reporting
• Commercial Law
• Contracts