Financial Controller
Listing reference: nef_000115
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 8 April 2025
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Financial Accounting
Location: Sandton
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
We are recruiting for a Financial Controller who will join our Finance team.
Job description
General Responsibilities
- Manage and take accountability for general ledger and sub-ledger input and output
- Supervise team and monitoring the performance of the department’s daily activities and processes
- Review and approve all reconciliations
- Review, audit and approve third party accounts and transactions
- Review, audit and monitor corporate expenses and reporting
- Manage and take accountability overall cash and treasury management and reporting
Month and Year End
- Provide key contribution in the compilation of various reporting packs to key stakeholders
- Manage and take accountability for key contribution to monthly and quarterly management accounts
- Preparation of Annual Financial Statements
- Risk and Compliance
- Ensure adherence to internal processes and controls, and act as department’s risk and compliance champion
- Month end/year end procedures
- Co-ordination of external and internal audit engagements
- Lead in the maintenance of clean and up to date Data management, its protection and its optimal usage by the business for drawing meaningful decisions
Relationship management
- Act as relationship manager with internal and external stakeholders and resolve queries effectively
- Supervise accounting staff and provide on the job coaching / guidance
- Act as technical champion and keep team abreast of new developments in accounting standards
- Continuous Development
- Maintenance and continuous improvement of controls over policy and procedure
- System management and continuous innovation of efficiencies in accounting package used
- Maintain technically strong working knowledge of IFRS, PFMA, DTic, National Treasury regulations
- Champion insightful analytics
- Lead adhoc projects
Minimum requirements
Qualification Requirements
- B Com Honours Degree in Accounting
- CA(SA) will be an added advantage
Experience / Skills Required
- Minimum 4 years in progressively responsible financial management roles
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
- Experience in the preparation and finalisation of the annual financial statements in accordance with current statutory regulations
- Experience in budget preparation and reporting
- Highly numerate and able to analyse statistical information and interpret financial data to produce reports which can be understood by non-financial colleagues
- Financial institution experience is desirable
- Excellent planning and organisational skills for self and team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong supervisory or leadership skills
- Experience in influencing and representing professional opinion, verbally and in writing
- Strong technical skill in performing financial reporting and analysis
- Computer literacy – Strong Excel skills, knowledge of accounting systems/programmes
- Advanced report writing
Personal Attributes/Behaviours/Attitudes
- Executor with strong follow-through
- Initiative/self-starter/leader
- Ability to work under pressure and strong discipline and practice of
- Sense of urgency and the drive to meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail while able to see the big picture
- Ability to interact with and positively influence people at all levels