Financial Manager

Our well known automotive vehicle dealer client based in Silverlakes is looking to employ a qualified and experienced Financial Manager at Dealership Level.

Job Description

Job Purpose:
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing expertise, advice and support to develop operational implementation plans and/or associated service delivery processes for financial dealings and accounting sequences, in order to continuously enhance service delivery, updated information and to reach performance targets.

Specific Role Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Full financial and reporting function for all dealerships assigned to you.
• Full month-end function and meeting month end deadlines:
o Reversal of previous provisions
o Creating, calculating and processing monthly journals
o GL Allocations
o Create and compile all reconciliations for each balance sheet account using the mandated formats
o Printing of month end reports
o Insure all supporting documents are attached to recons
o Complete stock age report
o Complete and submit unrealised profit report
o Balance and submit M&M report
o Complete expense analysis
o Ensure that month end deadlines are met
o Complete and submit add info.
• Ensuring that the debtors’ are carrying out their responsibilities and meeting their deadlines.
• Ensuring that the creditors’ are carrying out their responsibilities and meeting their deadlines.
• Ensuring that the cashbook’s are carrying out their responsibilities and meeting their deadlines. • Ensuring that the Bookkeeper’s are carrying out their responsibilities and meeting their deadlines.
• Ensuring that salaries and HR submissions are correct and within the deadlines.
• Carrying out Dealer visits and applying the check lists • Ensuring that dealers and hub staff apply the company policies and procedures as dictated by Brand.
• Ensuring that all irregularities are reported to the correct managers and escalated should this fail to bring the required results.
• Authorising payments.
• Authorising payroll submissions.
• Ensuring that reporting is done on time.
• Asset counts.
• Ensuring that all dealers adhere to the policy and procedures.
• Responsible to safe guard the company’s interests and assets at all time.
• Responsible to always act in the best interest of the business.
• Responsible for the smooth running of the dealerships admin and finance processes and ensure that the company’s policies are applied correctly in all departments.
• Responsible for the accuracy of information supplied and the meeting of all deadlines.
• Ensuring that internal and external audits run smoothly and all related issues are corrected at dealerships and the hub.
• Giving feedback of all issues to the GM and FM.
• Ensuring that all checks and balances are in place as required. (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
• The regional accountant is responsible for finance and admin in the hub and the dealers they service.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum Requirements:
• Relevant Accounting Tertiary qualification.
• 3 -5 years experience as an Accountant in a similar retail work environment.
• A valid South African drivers license.

Skills and Personal Attributes

Technical Competencies:
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Acumen
• Financial and Accounting Control
• Research and Information Gathering
• Technical Learning Trust and Integrity