Financial Manager

SUMMARY:
Financial Accountant

POSITION INFO:

Our client , a wel established FMCG company is currently looking for a Financial Manager to join their team.

To run the finance department of Atlantis Food Holdings and group of companies.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review of monthly detailed general ledger line items.
• Ensuring allocations of income and expenses between different departments are done correctly.
• Manage all month-end close-offs.
• Preparation and review of various balance sheet and income statement recons.
• Preparation and review of various month-end provisions and accruals.
• Preparation of various provisional and annual tax calculations and returns.
• Preparation of monthly VAT submissions and VAT reconciliations.
• Preparation and presentation of management accounts and commentaries.
• Preparation of monthly group consolidated accounts.
• Submission of monthly results on Onestream for Group Reporting.
• Preparation of monthly Board Packs.
• Preparation and management of budgets & forecasts.
• Planning and managing the group’s cashflow.
• Someone that will be able to quickly win the respect of their team and whom theirteam would be willing to trust and follow.
• Very strong management skills in order to make sure things get done.
• Willing to get their hands dirty and into the detail of things to make sure things get done.
• Develop, implement and manage financial systems/policies.
• Review and approval of weekly payments.
• Import payments – complete instructions / send to bank / follow up with swift copies / OFAC issues.
• Action various SAP approvals.
• STATS SA submissions – monthly, quarterly and yearly.
• Manage all finance related touchpoints with the company’s Retail shop.
• Manage and own system master data relevant to areas of influence.
• Managing a total staff complement of 13 employees made up out of the debtors team, creditors teams and other administrative support staff.
• Manage annual audits.
• Being the SAP ERP Superuser and go-to person for all system related issues, queries and problem solving.
• Review current processes and champion change where required.
• Drive automation of processes in order to unlock efficiencies.
• Partner with the business to drive key strategic objectives.
• Be able to stand in for key tasks when the financial director is not available.
• Other ad hoc duties as required by Finance Director.

KEY SKILLS

• Technically strong and technologically advanced.
• Superb attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities and advanced Excel Skills.
• Good inter personal skills.
• An ability to explain complex financial information in a clear way.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A self-starter who does not require excessive supervision.
• Prepared to work overtime as and when required.
• SAP Business One experience.
• Logical problem-solving skills.
• A desire to be challenged.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 7 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of financial consolidations.
• Evidence of being a pro-active & hands-on person.
• Evidence of pursuing continues self-development.
• Experience in working with multi currencies.
• Experience in managing group deadlines.
• Experience in financial reporting and internal controls.
• Experience in managing a debtors team and a creditors team and ensuring that open items are resolved within set deadlines.
• Being proactive to drive cost savings and efficiency gains.
• Strong IT experience: SQL programming, PowerBI, PowerQuery, VBA would be advantageous.

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