Financial Manager

Essential Requirements:

• B degree with bookkeeping experience
• Must have working knowledge of SAGE Pastel
• Impressive, demonstrable track record and skills/experience gained within a similar position(s), at a similar level.
• Strong leadership skills and experience.
• Credible and confident communicator (written and verbal) at all levels.
• Innovative with entrepreneurial flair.
• Proven strategic aptitude and ability.
• Ability to influence at a senior level, both internally and externally.
• Tenacious and results driven with sound business judgement.
• Passionate about achieving high levels of excellence.
• Highly energised and motivated with a high level of commitment.

Financial Management

• Developing and implementing the financial strategy for the business.
• Understanding the value drivers of the business and identifying profitable commercial opportunities to grow revenue.
• Collating and analysing business data pertaining to all commercial activities.
• Implement and Maintain financial controls
• Prepare and Manage cash in and out-flows
• Create budgets
• Ensuring that all commercial activities meet or improve on budget, cost, volume and efficiency targets (Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)) in line with business objectives.
• Manage the payment of salaries and wages and associated activities.

• Prepare the monthly management accounts.
• Assist the company accountants in the preparation and publishing of the annual financials.
• Present monthly financial management reports in line with agreed agendas.
• Manage all outsourced Service companies.
• Negotiate contract terms with customers and suppliers
• Complete tender documents and other financial related application forms
• Manage people
• Manage all general accounting activities i.e. Debtors, Creditors, Vat returns etc.

Bookkeeping to balance sheet which includes:

• Allocate all expenses to the correct account codes.
• Cashbook reconciliations on Syspro and Excel
• Processing of Monthly Journal entries on Syspro
• Monthly Debtor Invoicing and account reconciliations and following up on outstanding payments.
• Loading payments on the banking profile of various accounts
• Vat computation and Sars E-filing (Vat 201) submission
• Maintain the Fixed asset file
• Assist with Income tax workings for auditors and other year-end requirements.

KPI’s

1. Demonstrate effective control of the Business finances.
2. To ensure that debtors are timeously invoiced and payment made according to agreed terms.
3. To ensure that creditors are paid cost effectively and that good relations are maintained.