Financial Manager

Our client, a leader in their field, is recruiting for a Financial Manager to join their successful team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of accounting, managing the financial reporting of the company's subsidiaries, end-to-end project management of financial related projects, as well as providing advice and support to Management to enable them to make informed business decisions.

Responsibilities include:

Contribution to Strategy:

• Providing input and supporting the implementation of the Finance strategy that is aligned with the annual business strategy.
• Communicating and executing action plans (i.e. specifications, timelines and budget).

Team Management:

• Establishing clear, specific and measurable objectives for the team and driving team delivery and contribution.

Management Accounts and Statutory Reporting:

• Managing key financial processes such as CEO Report, Group Report, new accounting standards, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and annual audits.
• Managing various reports for the business (e.g. income statements, Exco reports and presentations).

Treasury Management:

• Managing all banking relationships, systems and payments.
• Managing all store deposits and card transactions across the African countries.

Stock and GP's:

• Ensuring accurate and timely recording, analysing inventory entries and monitoring effective Gross Profit %.
• Reviewing and reconciling inventory export and import entries.

Compliance Management:

• Ensuring compliance and relevant report back with regards to the South African Reserve and other relevant legislation (including VAT acts) pertaining to imports and export transactions.
• Monitoring compliance to local in-country (in Africa) central bank legislation compliance and supporting Country Financial Managers to ensure compliance.

Policies and Procedures:

• Maintaining agreed and standardised Treasury policies and procedures, including but not limited to minimum cash balances per annum, Counterparty risk and Repatriations priority.

Tax Management:

• Ensuring timely submission and payment of the various returns (VAT, PAYE, Tax).
• Ensuring accurate and on time accounting and reporting of Tax in line with IFRS and/or local GAAP.

Ad hoc tasks and involvement in projects.

Requirements:

• Qualified CA (SA).
• 5+ years' experience in Finance environment (of which at least 3 years' audit management experience).
• 3 years leadership/management experience (advantageous).
• Retail industry experience will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of financial control environment and governance.
• Understanding of the business, industry and economic environment and relevant role-players.
• Knowledge of accounting for foreign currencies and consolidation is desirable.
• Computer literacy: Advanced level (MS Office Software, Google Suite and Financial systems).
• Willingness to travel to Africa on an ad hoc basis.

Desired Skills:

• Management Accounts.
• Treasury.
• Statutory Reporting.
• Stock.
• Compliance.
• Tax.
• Retail.
• Management.
• Financial Management.