Job Description

Financial Manager (CA SA) - 7 Month Contract

Minimum Requirements:

• 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.