Finance Manager

Our client in the FMCG industry is looking fo a Financial Manager to join their dynamic team.

Salary and Benefits: Negotiable

Duties And Responsibilities

• Reporting to finance lead (head of finance)
• Ensure quality control & integrity over all financial transactions, compliance and financial reporting
• Reviews of income statement and balance sheet items monthly up to management reports to make sure reports are accurate and complete
• Provide full sets of management reports (accurate and complete) within deadlines every month
• Various franchisor financial reports
• Strategic input of financial results
• Analysing various financial results and from bi portals
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet items (preparation / reviews) on a monthly and yearly basis
• Review payments and reconciliations (vat, salaries, suppliers, taxes, etc.)
• Staff management (including leave planning, recruitment process, interviews, performance reviews, etc.)
• Control all month end processing & reconciliation procedures, checklists, and work calendars
• Make sure all daily, weekly and monthly finance deadlines are met
• Control all year end close procedures
• Develop business processes and internal controls to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Annual audit preparations, schedules, queries, etc.
• Annual financial statements of all retail entities
• Insurance related work and making sure company policies are up to date and adequately insured.
• Liaise with insurance brokers.
• Liaise with banks, auditors, landlords
• Cash flow management, forecasts, etc.
• All taxation calculations (income, provisional & deferred) and submissions to sars
• Sars related audits
• Stock take procedures and analysing results
• Annual budget preparations
• Acquisition and due diligence related work
• Streamlining / automating systems and procedures
• Presentations for directors and shareholders meetings
• Maintenance of systems, like sage evolution, etc.
• Full back up for finance lead when not available
• Manage certain projects and objectives throughout the year
• Any ad hoc duties and projects in finance department on daily / weekly / monthly / yearly basis

Key Skills

• Proven experience as a Financial Manager
• Experience in the financial sector with previous possible roles such as financial analyst
• Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns
• Proficient user of finance software
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Able to manage, guide and lead employees to ensure appropriate financial processes are being used
• A solid understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles
• Working knowledge of all statutory legislation and regulations

Qualifications

BCom in Accounting or related Finance qualifaction