Financial Controller (Uitenhage)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

CA (SA) or alternatively, B.Com (Hons) Accounting
Completed Articles with a firm of Auditors if not a CA (SA).

KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED & PHYSICAL
A minimum of ten years’ experience managing a Financial Accounting Department.
Experience in dealing with SARS, Commercial Banks, Auditors, Business Consultants, Insurance Brokers, Government and shareholders.
Management for +/- 5 years of a small to medium group of employees.
High tolerance for working under pressure and stressful conditions.
Experience working for an International Company an advantage.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the financial results
Coordinate, complete and oversee entire financial accounting for process within strict designated daily and monthly deadlines.
Take ownership and responsibility for full accounting function of the company and its subsidaries.
Prepare Technically Correct and Accurate Financial Statements in Compliance with Group Accounting Policies, IFRS and Local Accounting Rules and Other Applicable Laws.
Prepare annual Slovenia Reporting pack
Monitor and follow up on all inter-company aging of customer and vendor transactions
Accurately apply mathematical principals to calculate appropriate taxes (VAT).
Assist in month end closing by raising accruals and journal entries.
Review month end journal entries posted by certain South Africa accounting staff.
Review certain general ledger accounts on Blackline, prepared by certain members in the local finance team.
Verifying the accuracy of financial information processed. This involves checking the account and cost/profit center assignment, to assure charging the appropriate account and cost/profit centre.
Accurately file and maintain records after processing and ensures ease of retrieval as needed.
Perform analytical reviews on month end results
Provide instructions for IC entries / billings where needed to get charges in correct legal entity.
Complete all rebate analysis and accrual adjustments for EMEA customer rebates.
Ensuring that payments are made on time.
Ensure accurate segment accounting across subsidiary and head office
Prepare accurate monthly journals to allocate service charges and profit share across head office and subsidiaries in accordance with shareholders' agreement
Ensure correct treatment of RoU Assets and liabilities (IFRS16)

CONTROLLING:
Train as back-up for financial manager.
Ensure compliance with company Fixed Asset Accounting Policy (Oversee 3 yearly fixed asset counts)
Ensure compliance with company Inventory stockcount Policy
Assist and manage other projects as needed.
Display creativity by developing new and streamlined methods of accomplishing assigned tasks as needed.
Responsible for budget and FC activities, ensuring all deadlines are met
Perform all Equalization calculations and upload into tool within deadlines and oversee subsequent invoicing process
Calculate annual sales cost factors and MTP prices
Supervise Finance administration clerk
Inform finance team of any updates from Corporate Accounting / Controlling / FIRE/ GTC team
Perform variance analysis for reporting purposes for each month end close
Review TX Matching data compiled by GBS

BUSINESS SUPPORT:
Provide financial and operational support for the sales team and extract information for monthly management reports.
Review and approve commission payable to sales agents and submit for payment.
Oversee and assist with managing past dues for customers
Assist sales team with letter of credit applications
Assist with obtaining statutory documents for tender purposes
Drive cost savings and load respective monthly savings into SPRINT tool
Perform annual My Success reviews
Oversee annual Post-Retirement Medical Beneficiary reviews and report within deadline
Support WOC initiatives and monthly meetings

TAXATION
As Public Officer for handle all correspondence and interaction with South African Revenue Services
Ensure compliance with all tax legislation (VAT, Incometax, Dividend tax, Provisional tax, Tax Administration etc.)
Review monthly VAT201 before deadline and oversee VAT reasonability recons.
Perform Income and deferred tax calculations.
Ensure deadlines are met for all tax returns and payments
Submit IT14SD returns
Timeous and accurate GTC submissions in FIRE

TREASURY
Authorized signatory for payment processing
Submit accurate and timeous quarterly FX exposure reports
Submit accurate and timeous monthly CLP (Corporate Liquidity Planning reports) for the group
Submit accurate and timeous monthly BaF reporting
Prepare monthly detailed product profitability reports for local mancom
Ensure timeous monthly FIRE FC and ACTUALS and GTC submissions.
Assist with Group FIRE NOTES POSITION and other reporting on monthly basis
Insert weekly FRT sales tracking
Submit timeous IT FIRE reporting
Assist HR with FIRE HC reporting discrepancies

COMPLIANCE:
Ensure that all areas of responsibility comply with internal Company policies, FRM, IFRS
Coordinate, complete and oversee year-end financial year end audits for all entities
Assist with quarterly, monthly Stats SA reports
Ensure annual Excon applications are renewed before expire
Implement, Monitor and Maintain Required Internal Controls to Mitigate Financial Risks of the Company
Perform controlling counter-signatures in terms of P20.1 policy (incl eSign, CEOS, Tangro etc tools}