Job Description

Successful Medium sized Company in the the Agriculture, Investments sector is looking for a FM to manage a team of Accountants.Duties & Responsibilities
While the primary role is a Financial Manager managing a team of financial accountants and dedicated to the Financial Management of the portfolio of companies, there are a number of other areas of involvement across the organization, including supervisory duties.
Financial Management

• Application of IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 40 and IAS 41 as well as integration with annual valuation function
• Responsible for monthly reporting
• Review of monthly management accounts
• Ensure quality and timely financial reporting and analysis
• Application of technical accounting and strategic thinking
• Strict adherence to reporting timelines
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations (payables, receivables et al)
• Responsible for Fixed Assets ensuring its valid, accurate and complete
• Payroll review and approval
• Payment approval
• Manage the annual audits of the portfolio companies
• Responsible for the internal control environment by implementing best practice internal controls
• Prepare financial forecasts

Contracts

• Provide input in legal agreements
• Implementation of legal agreements

Insurance

• Annual reviews of insurance policies
• Ensure new assets are adequately insured

Statutory

• Ensure all statutory obligations are fulfilled timeously; including VAT, Provisional Tax, Annual Returns
• Review and submits tax returns
• Responsible for ensuring resolutions, minutes and other company secretarial matters are executed by the external service provider

Management

• Manage a team of accountants who are responsible for the primary books of account
• Motivate, mentor and coach accountants
• Responsible for setting KPIs and managing performance of accountants

Qualifications/ Experience Required

• Chartered Accountant or Hons and Board 1
• 5 years post articles experience in financial management
• Experience with the application of IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 40 and IAS 41
• Sound understanding of the regulatory and tax requirements
• Experience in automation of financial processes and reporting.
• Proven experience in managing the controls in financial reporting processes.
• Strategic and forward looking.

• Xero experience is beneficial

Competencies

• Strategic and forward looking.
• Strong leadership
• Innovation and driving change.
• Execution - getting things done.
• Learning, growth and development of self and team
• Excellent collaboration skills
• Leading with Influence

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