Reporting / Financial Controller

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• A degree in Finance or Accounting is non-negotiable.
• Xero and Syft accounting software experience is non-negotiable.
• CA (SA) or CIMA qualification preferred.
• Construction-related experience preferred.
• Incredibly neat and have extensive experience with reporting pack compilations.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 suite (Outlook, Teams, Office).

Responsibilities:

Financial Feasibilities and Analysis:

• Analyzing project financial feasibilities and profit returns.
• Calculating project interest rolls.
• Mapping out project funding split, raise targets, and pre-sale targets.
• Analyzing project IRRS and net profit returns.

Operational:

• Cash flow management (daily updates, budget vs actual tracking, driving key cash flow items).
• Cash flow forecasting for projects and groups.
• Project bank draw recons and submissions.
• VAT facility recons and VAT submissions review.
• Revenue forecasting and tracking.
• Overhead budgeting and tracking.
• Tax-related matters when applicable.
• New entity set-up - from a SARS, accounting package, and CIPC perspective.
• Legal agreement implementation and review.

Secretarial:

• Booking shareholder meetings.
• Compiling meeting agendas and minutes.

Accounting:

• Audit oversight and management.
• Overseeing complete and accurate trial balances.
• Accounting system changes and improvement implementation.
• Developing and implementing smart and live reporting.
• Reconciling sales system and accounting system.
• Reconciling 3rd party platform reports and providing sales splits.
• Review of payroll.
• Posting sales, interest, and transfer journals.

Reporting and Pack Creation:

• Leadership reporting.
• Management reporting.
• Shareholders reporting.
• Project reporting.
• Bank funding pack creation.
• Viability updates.

Other:

• Providing support where applicable to the Finance Director and Financial Manager.