Finance Controller (EE) - Cape Town

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PURPOSE

The primary responsibility of the Project Controller is to oversee the financial management and related risks of the local transportation business.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING

General accounting

• Oversee the input for transactional processing by the finance team to the outsourced service provider.
• Manage the operational requirement of the Service Level Agreement for transactional processing, including the improvement of efficiencies.
• Compile Standard Operational Procedures as guidelines for the monitoring and controlling of the outsourced transaction and reporting services.
• Ensure the monthly performance and review of general ledger accounts reconciliations.

Reporting

• Compiling of monthly management accounts for financial performance measurement, namely, monthly Business Operations Review pack for the South African transportation operations.
• Provide analytic insight and hindsight on actual and forecast financial performance of the entities.

Compliance and statutory

• Compile annual financial statements for all Southern Africa legal entity.
• Manage interim and year-end audit process and requirements with external auditors.
• Ensure effective and compliant internal control systems in line with best practice and Group Internal Control Questionnaire and Yearly Annual Letter.
• Ensure entities are compliant with all local tax legislations, including Valued Added Tax, Custom duty and Company tax.
• Ensure compliance with data protection and local legislations requirement for Finance.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Compiling annual budget plan for Southern Africa entity, including aligned budget guidelines and plans to set targets and strategic objectives.
• Financial forecasts / Planning Cycles
• Monitoring and challenging of assumptions informing quarterly forecast updates.

Project controlling

• Align and manage financial situation and flow through to all entities
• Financial Management of Consortium, incl. guarantees
• Risk Management, describe and calculated risk mitigation actions
• Earned Values Analyses for customer report
• Management of Budgets for subcontractors, check invoices against subcontract, approve invoices and escalations
• Management of project milestones
• Claiming / Invoicing / Escalation calculations & claims for the consortium and TSAS
• Cash Management
• Tax and VAT management internationally
• Revenue recognition

Business Practice

• Work together with other entities including (Country, GBU & Regional) to ensure financial bid process is applied
• Work together with other Thales companies as appropriate to ensure bid submission in accordance with group financial interests
• Work together with Other departments (sales, legal, contracts, procurement, , projects) to maximize probability of successful tenders & project execution

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/CA) with strong commercial and technical accounting experience, preferably with exposure to contractual law and tax.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience, including:

• Project accounting
• Insurance
• Costing
• Tax
• Foreign exchange
• IFRS

Technical

Ability

• Analytical
• Work in pressurised environment
• Attention to detail
• Plan and prioritize time

Interpersonal Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Team player
• Negotiation
• Drive
• Integrity

Knowledge

• MS Office
• Chorus
• Accounting Principles & IFRS
• Project Finance and Accounting
• Project Contracts
• Understanding of ERP Systems
• Insurance Law & principles
• Financing Law & Principles
• Tax Law & Principles
• Foreign Exchange law & Principles
• Commercial Law & Principles

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