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Senior Finance Manager (CA) - Newlands / Claremont, Western Cape (Hybrid)

Competitive package on offer!

Our Client, a Global Investment Firm, is currently in search of a high performing, technically sound and results orientated Senior FM to join their SA Finance team.

You will be responsible for leading their dynamic finance team as well as ensuring that the interim and annual audits are accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner, reported on for the Group.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Management

• Manage the finance team members and provide guidance and training
• Organise resources to meet objectives and optimise workload within teams
• Refine and enhance existing accounting systems and processes and provide guidance and assistance on complex reporting items
• Assist with the preparation of memos / detail accounting analysis for transactions setting out the accounting principles to be applied.
• Communicate and co-ordinate monthly deadline and deliverable dates to meet reporting deadline date commitments
• Preparation of reporting packs, annual financial statements, and governance reports and management information
• Deep dive analysis and timely compilation of the monthly management information, including ensuring all entries processed and accounts reconciled using financial and non-financial information from various data sources;
• Assist the team with special ad-hoc reporting requirements and requests.
• Compare actual performance to budget and prior year and explain variances;
• Preparation of business plans and forecasts
• Efficient, accurate & timely budget preparation and review (including analysis and preparation of budget overview presentation)
• Management/execution of ad hoc projects including:
• Implement efficiencies and enhance control environment to managing financial and business risk.
• Stress test results to assess the impact of potential risk scenarios
• Regulatory reporting
• Enhance control environment to manage financial and business risk
• Co-ordinate successful annual audit process and preparation of audit and annual and interim financial statements:
• Prepare the consolidated audit pack
• Ensure processes in place to ensure consistent treatment across the group;
• Prepare reporting packs, annual integrated report and annual financial statements in terms of IFRS;
• Prepare documentation for the auditors: impairment reviews, impact of future accounting policies,
• VAT/Corporate Tax compliance
• Keeping abreast of industry development/technologies

Qualifications & Experience

• CA (SA) qualification with 5 years plus post article experience gained with relevant experience gained in the financial services sector with experience gained in the sustainability / energy / infrastructure arena being advantageous!
• Strong knowledge of complex accounting standards
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Advanced Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) is essential
• Advanced knowledge of accounting systems (Microsoft Dynamics)
• Proven and solid financial reporting skills
• Proven ability to implement efficiencies which enhance the control environment in order to manage financial and business risk
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, performance driven environment

Competencies

• Devotion to quality: Demanding a high quality of provided services, and acting accordingly
• Performing under pressure: maintaining an effective performance under pressure, or when faced with setbacks and disappointment
• Structuring: applying, implementing and maintaining work structure in day-to-day business
• Results oriented: being focused on achieving objectives and results, persevering in the face of adversity
• Providing Feedback: giving perspective to others by sharing ones views on their performance
• Analysing and forming opinions: being focused on examining matters in a systematic way
• Situational Awareness: demonstrate being well informed about development in ones environment and effectively using this information for ones own organization
• Results Orientation: being focused on achieving objectives and results, persevering in the face of adversity

To apply for this role, please forward a detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers: and Andrea Jones:

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