Financial Manager

Danté Personnel Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 502,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Danté Personnel Recruitment is seeking a Financial Manager in Gauteng (Sandton) with a minimum five years post-qualification experience in financial management and strong SA customs knowledge. The role requires expertise in landed-cost accounting, VAT, exchange controls and multi-entity consolidation.

Candidates should have SAIPA/SAIBA/CIMA accreditation (CA(SA) welcomed) and experience supervising a small finance team; prior exposure to Sage systems and advanced Excel is preferred.

Qualifications

• Qualified SAIPA/SAIBA/CIMA with post-qualification exp.
• CA(SA) welcome but package is for professional accountant.
• 3+ years in importing distributor or wholesaler with landed-cost accounting.

Skills

Landed-cost accounting

Stock in transit

Bonded stock

Foreign-currency purchasing

Forward cover

VAT expertise

Exchange-control docs

SARS eFiling

Tax computations

Team supervision

Multi-entity consolidation

Customs knowledge

Import VAT

Education

SACPA/SAIPA/SAIBA/CIMA/CA(SA) qualified

Tools

Sage 50 / Sage Evolution

Excel (advanced)

Job description

SA - Gauteng, SandtonR 45 000 - R 55 000 Basic SalaryMy client in the manufacturing industry is looking for a financial manager

Minimum requirements:

• Professional Accountant (SA) registered with SAIPA, Business Accountant registered with SAIBA, or CIMA (ACMA/CGMA), with at least five years' post-qualification experience in a financial-manager or senior-accountant role. CA(SA) candidates are welcome but the package is set for a professional accountant.
• At least three years in an importing distributor or wholesaler: landed-cost accounting, stock in transit, bonded stock, foreign-currency purchasing and forward cover.
• Demonstrable, hands-on South African customs knowledge: SAD500s, customs worksheets, MRNs, bond releases, clearing-agent reconciliations, exporter / importer registration on SARS RLA, vouchers of correction and the documentary requirements for import VAT claims.
• Strong VAT technical ability across multiple registered vendors, including import VAT, zero-rated exports and SARS verifications; able to reconcile VAT control accounts to the SARS statement of account without assistance
• Working knowledge of exchange-control documentation for outward foreign payments and crossborder receipts through a South African commercial bank.
• Experience preparing provisional and annual tax computations for companies and working with an external tax practitioner on SARS eFiling.
• Sage (Sage 50 / Sage Business Cloud / Sage Evolution or similar) and advanced Excel: lookups, pivot tables, landed-cost and cash-flow models.
• Experience supervising at least two staff in a small finance team.
• Multi-entity, intercompany and consolidation experience.