Financial Manager

• Financial Leadership & Governance: Lead the group's financial functions, establishing strict internal control systems, policies, and a finance risk register to ensure compliance with IFRS for SMEs, SARS, CIPC, and COIDA regulations.
• Financial Reporting & Management Accounts: Own the preparation of annual financial statements and present comprehensive monthly management accounts (comparing actuals vs. budgets) to drive key business decisions.
• Budgeting & Cost Control: Direct business units through the budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, strictly monitoring actual spend against budget to manage deviations and prevent unauthorised expenditure.
• Cash Flow & Working Capital Management: Prepare weekly cash flow requirements and review the balance sheet monthly to analyse working capital performance and maintain a favourable liquidity position.
• General Ledger & Asset Oversight: Oversee the accuracy of the general ledger by reviewing reconciliations, journal entries, payroll, supplier payments, fixed asset registers, and intercompany balances.
• Tax & Audit Management: Manage external audit processes to ensure timely completion with zero repeat findings, while overseeing all SARS tax submissions (VAT, PAYE, Income Tax, and deferred tax).

Behavioural Competencies:

• Proven team leadership
• Highly organized
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Strategic critical thinker
• Collaborative team player

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