Financial Manager

MVIA; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

MVIA in Tokai, Cape Town, is seeking a commercially astute Financial Manager to lead Group Finance and act as a trusted partner to the executive leadership. This permanent, on-site role oversees financial reporting, budgeting, and performance management, shaping the Group’s strategy and capital decisions.

You will build and mentor a finance team, translate complex data into clear insights for the Executive, and drive policy development, internal controls, and process automation to support

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance team.
• Strong financial reporting and analysis.
• Ability to translate data into executive decision support.

Responsibilities

• Finance leadership: Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing finance team, setting clear direction and standards.
• Planning and performance: Own the Group’s annual budget and quarterly reforecasts, drive monthly performance management.
• Cash and capital: Steward Group cash flow and oversee investments.
• Reporting and consolidation: Deliver monthly close, management accounts and Group consolidation.
• Audit and tax: Manage external audit and tax compliance and liaise with auditors.
• Systems and automation: Lead evolution of finance systems and reporting tools.
• Value creation and risk: Identify financial opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Governance and compliance: Maintain financial policies, controls and regulatory compliance.
• Commercial partnership: Provide commercial insight and challenge decisions across the business.
• Stakeholder relationships: Build relationships with external stakeholders.

Job description

MVIA is seeking a commercially astute Financial Manager to lead Group Finance and act as a trusted financial partner to the executive leadership. This is a permanent, full-time role, based on-site at our offices in Tokai, Cape Town, with genuine strategic reach: you will be accountable for the Group’s financial reporting and performance management, inform its investment and cash decisions, and build the finance capability that underpins its growth. The successful candidate is a finance leader who combines technical rigour with sound commercial judgement. You will have built and improved finance processes, led a finance team, and be credible translating complex financial data into clear, decision-ready insight for the Executive.

Key Responsibilities

• Finance leadership: Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing finance team, setting clear direction and standards and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Planning and performance: Own the Group’s annual budget and quarterly reforecasts, taking recommendations to the CEO for review and sign-off, and drive delivery of budget commitments through disciplined monthly performance management.
• Cash and capital: Steward Group cash flow so that it remains aligned with business requirements and strategic priorities, and oversee the Group’s investments.
• Reporting and consolidation: Deliver an accurate, timely month-end close, monthly management accounts and Group consolidation, and annual financial statements across all Group entities.
• Audit and tax: Manage the annual external audit and the Group’s tax compliance (including income tax, provisional tax and VAT), and be the primary point of contact for auditors and SARS.
• Systems and automation: Lead the evolution of finance systems, reporting tools and automation.
• Value creation and risk: Identify and act on financial opportunities, anticipate and mitigate financial risk, and hold stakeholders accountable for their commitments and outcomes.
• Governance and compliance: Implement, maintain and continually refresh financial policies, procedures and controls, ensuring the Group remains compliant with statutory regulations and legislation.
• Commercial partnership: Provide commercial insight and constructive challenge across the business, enabling sound, well-evidenced decisions.
• Stakeholder relationships: Build and sustain credible relationships with the Group’s external stakeholders.