KONE South Africa is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Financial Controller to be based in our Johannesburg, South Africa office. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager the Financial Controller will play a pivotal role in business partnering with the South African business line leadership as well as front line business operations, providing insight & analytics to help make vital business decisions to help KONE South Africa deliver on its goals and priorities. This role is considered the subject matter expert in the area of financial controlling and will have the opportunity to act as a key advisor to both finance and business colleagues across South Africa as well as ensuring adherence to KONE policies, oversight of annual planning & budgeting processes, monthly forecasting assumptions, and accuracy of actual monthly reporting.
This is a unique opportunity for someone looking to accelerate their development and learning and join a team of finance professionals dedicated to delivering people flow solutions. If you feel you have what it takes to add significant value to this role then apply quickly to catch this unique opportunity!
What you will do?
- You will ensure that the legal entity financial reporting is prepared on a timely manner in accordance with both KONE Accounting Standards and statutory requirements;
- Oversee the defined tasks in the month-end closing process executed by finance operations partner(s), KONE Business Services and the finance Global Process Owners (GPOs) are performed;
- Collaborate with the finance operations partner(s), KONE Business Services (KBS) and finance GPOs on close activities, providing local business insight and supporting evidence on account movements;
- Review and approve key reconciliations journal entries and the bridge between KONE Reporting (IFRS) and statutory reporting;
- Ensure that proper balance sheet reconciliation is prepared for the legal entity in accordance with the KONE balance sheet reconciliation policy;
- Manage the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of both legal entity and business line/unit results and forecasts in KONE consolidation system (CPM Beacon) in collaboration with business controllers;
- Organize and run periodic financial performance and balance sheet reviews with Finance Director, Business Controllers, KONE Business Services and finance operations partner(s);
- Ensure that statutory and tax reporting are filed in accordance with both, the local legislation and globally agreed timelines;
- Manage audit process ensuring that both group as well as statutory audit is conducted in accordance with globally defined scheduled and scope
- Continuous follow-up of local legislation and understanding of potential impacts to our business and financial reporting. There should be proactive communication of these on to both, local and global stakeholders;
- Collaborate actively with finance GPOs, KONE Business Services and finance operations partner(s) to resolve process issues or exceptions. Ensure that KONE global finance processes and improvement initiatives are implemented in unit in line with global policies and process blueprints;
- At month-end, review and summarize legal entity financial result and performance and balance sheet in cooperation with business controllers to validate completeness and accuracy of both financial and management reporting and forecasting.
- Bachelors in Finance and CIMA Level Certification will be advantageous;
- Minimum 4 years' experience in the following: Financial Analyses, Financial Planning, Business Plan Implementation;
- Responsible for a strategic company with strong focus on business partnering and advising the leadership team;
- Experience in Matrix Organizations;
- Excellent understanding of various CRM tools including SAP;
- Highly motivated, goal oriented, diligent, organized self-starter with an orientation towards a high level of customer service;
- Strong English Communication skills the financial controller will often have to interact with various stakeholders and so the ability to communicate complex data, and to write and speak clearly, are important;
- Attention to detail You need to be an individual who is precise in their work, able to spot errors, and vigilant to ensure that any problems are corrected for accurate results;
- Great dynamic team promoting a collaborative environment;
- Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work;
- Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills;
- Engaging job with position description and clear targets;
- Regular feedback through performance discussions;
- Opportunities for individual development;
- Mentoring and coaching programs;
- Flexibility, trust and respect;
- Value-based culture, behaviors and ethics;
- Sustainability and innovation;
- Working for a successful organization.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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