Purpose of role:
To manage “entity” Financial Control

Educational Requirements
• B Comm Honours
• CA qualification preferable

Experience
• 3-4 years commercial experience, preferably in the financial services industry
• Includes 2-3 years management experience.
• Pastel experience preferable

Special Skills / Management skills:
• Planning and prioritising the work of others.
• Controlling projects.
• Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions.
• Sets clear objectives and measures.
• Monitors progress, process and results.
• Designs feedback loops into the work

Personnel management skills:
• General supervision of staff; conducting appraisals; authorising work; advising and giving guidance; training and development; career planning; consultation and counselling of staff

Reporting skills:
• Preparing monthly / other reports

Analytic skills:
• Assess data, make conclusions.
• Capable of drawing strategic conclusions out of quantitative data

Interpersonal skills:
• Relates well to all kinds of people.
• Builds appropriate rapport.
• Builds constructive and effective relationships.
• Uses diplomacy and tact.
• Can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably

Written communications:
• Is able to write clearly in a number of different communication settings and styles.
• Can get messages across that have the desired effect

Communication skills:
• Is able to communicate clearly.
• Can get messages across that have the desired effect

Budgeting skills:
• Set budget, monitor budget, control expenditure, authorise expenditure, collection of income, forecasts

Business acumen:
• Knows how the businesses work.
• Knowledgeable in current and future policies, practices, trends and information affecting the organisation.
• Awareness of the competition.
• Understanding of how strategies and tactics work in the market

Computer skills:
• MS Office, spreadsheets

Key performance areas:
• Direct budget and cost controls, financial analysis and accounting practices and reports
• Analyse and interpret financial data and recommend changes to improve systems and financial performance
• Translate department’s managerial revenue, expense and capital investment, operating income, cash flow and net income plans from all Departments into the financial model
• Assess financial components (e.g. revenue, expense, capital cash flow, operating income and net income) of all Departments. Identify financial impact on overall profit, and communicate risks and recommendations to executive management for each Department
• Ensure all month-end closure activities are carried out timeously and correctly. Includes ensuring that the correct procedures are followed, and that the correct modules are closed on the system
• Manage the company’s fixed assets. Ensure network and non-network assets are loaded onto the system correctly, and that they are depreciated correctly. Involves developing a system and procedures to track assets (e.g. how to count assets, log assets and record them in the system)
• Sign off all trial balance and financial accounts before these are audited
• Manage staff of the Financial Control Section:
• Assign, monitor and coordinate assignments (plan and organise work)
• Provide technical, procedural and policy guidance
• Recruit and hire staff for the Section
• Evaluate performance of professional staff (conduct performance appraisals)
• Handle labour relations issues (e.g. disciplinary hearings)
• Career development for direct reports (counselling, coaching, identify KPA’s, career planning, goal setting)
• Determine training needs and identify training courses for direct reports
• Ensure monthly payments are made timeously. Includes ensuring payments are made to suppliers based on requisitions.
• Ensure salaries are paid to staff timeously
• Ensure the company is insured for the right value. Manage any insurance claims that need to be made
• Approve all Property Company reports
• Perform any other related duties as requested

Liaison with
Internal
• Colleagues
• Internal Auditors (Finance Department)
• Human Resources Department
• Procurement and Contracting Department
• Network Operations Division (Operations Department)
• Commercial Department
• Administration Department

External
• Service Provider Finance Department
• Financial institutions (banks)
• External Auditors
• Suppliers
• Insurance companies
• Customers

If you want to join this dynamic company email a WORD copy of your cv
1. Please DO NOT send copies of certificates, these will be requested should your application be successful and you secure an interview.
2. Applications submitted in PDF format WILL NOT be accepted.
3. Should you not hear from us within 15 working days of submission of your CV, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful