Finance Manager - CA(SA) – Alberton

SUMMARY:
Oversee and manage the entire Financial Accounting department.
The Financial Manager is responsible for the financial health of the organization. They produce financial reports, ensure compliance, cash flow management and any other finance-related activities for the long-term financial goals of their organization.
This position is responsible for the quality of the product.  Therefore, the position has the authority and responsibility to stop a process or shipment when the quality and safety of the product is compromised.  As such, incidents in this regard must be immediately reported to your supervisor or Manager (Escalation)

POSITION INFO:

• BCom Honours
• Articles
• Professional Registrations and Certifications: CA(SA)
• Advanced excel skills
• SAP
• Hyperion Experience
• 5 Years of Experience managing role, 8 years of experience minimum
• Preferably from a manufacturing environment

1. Financial accounting management

• Manage, review and control Debtors (local + foreign), creditors (local, foreign, intercompany), cash book, bank recons, Balance sheet recons, good understanding of IFRS.
• Reviewing the trial balance to make sure that all journals are complete and that the trial balance is in line with IFRS requirements.

1. Responsible for Month-end

• Month-end check list.
• Preparing cut-off procedures.
• Finalization of Trial Balance.
• Upload Trial Balance to Hyperion.
• Upload of all supporting schedules into Hyperion.
• Revenue reconciliations
• Month end reporting – Responsible for the overall month end reporting process, which includes reviewing and signing off month end journals, including payroll.
• Reviewing and signing off on month end reporting schedules (management pack), includes notes to the financial statements.
• Discussing month end results with company executive team and answering any questions they have about the results.
• Reviewing month end balance sheet reconciliations and identifying reconciling items that need to be processed and making sure they are processed in the month.

1. Cash flow management

• Completes weekly cash flows forecasts.
• Complete bi-weekly cashflow forecast.
• Discuss the bi-weekly cash-flow with both the CFO and CEO
• Identifies potential liquidity issues in advance.
• Analyzing monthly actual results against forecast and budget and documenting the reasons for variances

1. Reporting

• Hyperion
• Dashboards
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Contribute to management accounts pack.
• Adhoc reporting and analysis.
• Managing intercompany reporting – making sure that the accounts balance with counterparts.

1. Compliance and internal control

• Adherence to local and group policies. Improve & strengthen the internal control environment & governance within Finance and the JOH Plant.

1. TAX

• VAT
• Reviewing and signing off VAT calculation and vat201s.
• Income Tax
• Ensuring timely submission of tax, payments & tax compliance

1. Banking

• Ensuring mandates are current, manage relationship, approving vendor banking details, approving payments, understanding, and taking out forward cover (forex), and proper filling.

1. Other

• Understanding of Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and preparing related schedules.
• Identify areas of improvement in finance, inefficiencies with solutions.
• Meeting with customers or suppliers to discuss payment / documentation issues.
• Supporting corporate on financial accounting reporting & schedules.
• Supporting internal stakeholders (Plant Controller, Other Management).
• Ensure COA is mapped or up to date with Hyperion COA.
• Backup for Management Accountant for key tasks and vice versa.
• Accounts receivable and accounts payable management – ensuring there are no-long outstanding debtors & creditors.
• Managing the working capital – making sure it is within the required group limits. Discuss any deviations with the Business Unit Controller.
• Providing costs [other operating expenses and incomes] input for the income statement monthly forecast
• Monthly discussion of income statement forecast with the finance team and then the executive team
• Prepare the monthly balance sheet and cash flow forecasting, including analysis of changes in the forecast versus the previous forecast and versus budget.
• Prepare the yearly budget for balance sheet accounts [working capital] considering information from income statement budget.
• Fixed asset management.
• Reviewing and recommending financial statements for sign off by the CEO
• Reviewing and signing off income tax calculation and ITR14 and IRP6 submissions.
• Managing the year-end external audit – including preparation of required information and supervising discussions between the auditors and other departments.
• Assisting in the BBBEE audits.
• Providing technical and other training to the finance team.
• Reviewing monthly payroll runs for both waged and salaried employees before releasing the payments in the bank.
• Review and sign off APDP2 submissions to the OEMs, including related audits.
• Liaising with external stakeholders – including banks, ITAC, SARB, Stats SA and SARS.
• Compliance – ensuring the company is compliant with all changes in IFRS and tax legislation and internal company policies.
• Supporting operations departments with finance related activities.
• Banking – ensuring bank mandates are current and managing the relationship with dedicated banker.
• Customers and Suppliers – meeting with customers and suppliers to discuss any issues in the accounts.
• Any adhoc activities as and when required by the global finance team.