Local Finance Director

TÜV Rheinland Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading safety and certification organization in Johannesburg is seeking a Finance Director. You will oversee finance teams, ensure timely financial reporting, and manage compliance with audits. This full-time role requires advanced financial expertise and strategic management skills to drive the company's financial performance at a board level.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate Finance/Accounting, Procurement, and Commercial Order Processing teams.
• Responsible for monthly closing of accounts and key account reconciliation.
• Manage investment controlling and CAPEX reporting.
• Conduct risk analysis and forecasting.
• Handle financial management training for new employees.
• External Annual Audit and further process improvement to meet deadlines (deliverable is local GAAP audit report).
• Budget control, coordination with BFM, cash flow and GBT updates.
• Investment controlling and CAPEX reporting.
• KPI systems, analysis and benchmarking reports.
• Authorising and signing payments.
• Risk analysis and forecasting.
• Timely filing of indirect/direct tax return and assistance for its assessment.
• Financial management and training and orientation programme to new employees.
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting on the financial performance and strategy of the Group at South African board level for all legal entities in South Africa.
• Creation and updating of guidelines and procedures regarding the above listed responsibilities.
• Analyze, plan, prepare and approve weekly payments to creditor and other liabilities including affiliates payment.
• Petty cash accounting and its reconciliation.
• Provision, work in progress, accrual reconciliation and its proper accounting.
• SD and FI/CO closing as per TR group schedule.
• Review of trial balance and variance analysis.
• Fixed asset accounting and its reconciliation.
• Weekly and monthly cash flow planning.
• Development and training of accountants.
• Any ad hoc tasks requested by management.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Supervision and coordination of local Finance/Accounting, Procurement and Commercial Order Processing teams and their monitoring and evaluating of work performance.
• Responsible for monthly closing of accounts and reconciliation of key accounts, payroll, accrual, depreciation and deferral.
• Monthly CFO closing and Company Reporting Tool (CRT) update.
• Financial transaction for all business units, profit centres and cost centres according to TR guidelines and review of banks transaction and all company bank reconciliation.
• Financial reporting according to corporate and regional head office requirements and reporting deadlines.
• External Annual Audit and further process improvement to meet deadlines (deliverable is local GAAP audit report).
• Budget control, coordination with BFM, cash flow and GBT updates.
• Investment controlling and CAPEX reporting.
• KPI systems, analysis and benchmarking reports.
• Authorising and signing payments.
• Risk analysis and forecasting.
• Timely filing of indirect/direct tax return and assistance for its assessment.
• Financial management and training and orientation programme to new employees.
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting on the financial performance and strategy of the Group at South African board level for all legal entities in South Africa.
• Creation and updating of guidelines and procedures regarding the above listed responsibilities.
• Analyze, plan, prepare and approve weekly payments to creditor and other liabilities including affiliates payment.
• Petty cash accounting and its reconciliation.
• Provision, work in progress, accrual reconciliation and its proper accounting.
• SD and FI/CO closing as per TR group schedule.
• Review of trial balance and variance analysis.
• Fixed asset accounting and its reconciliation.
• Weekly and monthly cash flow planning.
• Development and training of accountants.
• Any ad hoc tasks requested by management.

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Finance and Sales

Industry

• Public Safety