Financial Controller

In this role you will be responsible for providing financial accounting services and applying principles of accounting to analyse financial information and prepare financial reports. You will need to compile and analyse financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger and documenting business transactions.

By understanding and developing our strengths, we do things more intelligently, develop the potential within our people and improve efficiency. As employees we value and count on your knowledge and skills, to move our company from strength to strength.


The detail

Team Management

• Manage employees of the Financial Control Department.
• Provide technical, procedural and policy guidance to the Group.
• Recruit and hire employees for the Financial Control department.
• Handle labour relations issues (e.g., disciplinary hearings).
• Assign, monitor, and coordinate assignments (plan and organise work).
• Determine training needs and identify training courses for direct reports.
• Career development for direct reports (counselling, coaching, identify KPAs, career planning, goal setting).
• Evaluate the performance of professional employees (conduct performance appraisals).

Audits

• Co-ordinate the annual audit.
• Sign off all trial balance and financial accounts before these are audited.

Financial Year End

• Prepare annual financial statements including all relevant IFRS disclosures.

Reporting and Analysis

• Analyse and interpret financial data and recommend changes to improve systems and financial performance.
• Assess financial components (e.g., revenue, expense, operating income and expenses, net income, capex and cash flows) of all Departments.
• Manage the companys fixed assets. Ensure assets are loaded onto the financial system correctly, and that they are depreciated correctly and can be physically verified from the system to the physical location.

Monthly Accounting Practices

• Direct budget and cost controls, financial analysis and accounting practices and reports.
• Ensure monthly payments are made timeously. Includes ensuring payments are made to suppliers based on requisitions.
• Ensure all month-end closure activities are carried out timeously and correctly.
• Includes ensuring that the correct procedures are followed, and that the correct modules are closed on the system.
• Ensure the company is insured for the right value. Manage any insurance claims that need to be made.

Ad hoc

• Perform any other related duties as requested.

Are you this person?

• Qualified Chartered Accountant registered with an appropriate, recognized professional body?
• 5 - 10 years commercial experience, including management experience?
• Sage Evolution experience preferable?