Strategic Finance & Budget Manager

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Johannesburg is seeking a senior financial professional to lead financial planning, reporting, and strategic analysis for the business.

You should hold a BCom in Finance (Honours CA(SA) preferred), a BCom in Mathematics, and have 4–5 years of financial management experience. The role focuses on budgeting, cost control, tax compliance, and decision support for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce in Finance is required.
• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Chartered Accountancy is required.
• Bachelor of Commerce in Mathematics is required.
• CA(SA) qualification is required.
• Financial Management: 4 to 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders in providing financial insights and guidance into operating decisions.
• Monitor and coach behaviours that ensure a service culture and exceptional client service.
• Manage and monitor the applications and effectiveness of the business's financial information systems.
• Coordinate the budget preparation and monitor variances to support management decisions.
• Record and manage costs with drivers for decision-making.
• Plan and reconcile financial transactions and events.
• Maintain supporting documentation per financial reporting standards.
• Prepare and report on operations and financial conditions and deliver management information.
• Maximise productivity through effective planning of people and processes.
• Manage interrelationships between systems and data for project planning and delivery.
• Review and prepare tax returns ensuring compliance with tax legislation.
• Contribute to a development culture with information sharing.
• Plan performance, development, succession, and culture to improve performance.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce in Finance

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Chartered Accountancy

Bachelor of Commerce in Mathematics

Job description

MinimumRequirements:

• Bachelor of Commerce in Finance
• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Chartered Accountancy
• Bachelor of Commerce in Mathematics
• Financial Management: 4 to 5 years of experience.
• CA(SA)

Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders in providing financial insights and guidance into the operational and general decision-making and debates.
• Monitor and coach behaviors that ensure a service culture that builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Manage and monitor the applications and effectiveness of the business's financial information systems.
• Coordinate the budget preparation and manage the process throughout the budget period by guidelines and assumptions. Monitor and report variance analysis to support decision-making and guide management in taking corrective action on budget variances.
• Record, interrogate, and manage costs with associated drivers in the production, analysis, and use of information for decision-making in the business.
• Plan and apply relevant principles to accurately record, adjust, and reconcile financial transactions and events.
• Maintain appropriate supporting documentation according to professional financial accounting and reporting standards.
• Prepare and report on the business's operations and financial conditions. Manage the business unit reporting systems for management, project, or performance reporting and implement optimal processes to deliver management information according to the reporting cycle.
• Maximise productivity through efficient planning of people and processes to drive optimal utilization of available resources; identify and implement improvements to accounting and reporting processes.
• Manage the interrelationships between various systems, data, and other resources to ensure effective project planning and delivery.
• Review and prepare tax returns to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable tax legislation and regulation; provide advice and solutions to business tax matters.
• Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends, and ideas are actively shared.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, succession and talent management, and culture of the team in order to improve performance and competence. Continuously assess own performance, seek timely and clear feedback, and request training where appropriate.