An international engineering organisation  requires the expertise of a Financial professional for their local operations. The Financial manager will have responsibility and supervision of South Africa’s administrative, accounting, controlling, treasury, tax and legal compliance and generally to give adequate support to the South African business, the group CFO and his team in the international headquarters.

Critical success factors for the position:

Key success factors for this position are defined as follows:

A detailed knowledge of the SAP informatics system

A recognised accounting qualification from a SA university

An understanding of the business and its processes

A clear understanding of taxation and other legislations and our compliance with them

The ability to meet accounting and other deadlines

A proactive approach to problem solving with the view of constantly looking for ways to improve systems and processes

Experience in environments which operate sophisticated informatics systems

A good knowledge of spread sheets for the management and manipulation of data

A working knowledge of computers

The ability to manage, develop and interact with personnel

Detailed duties and responsibilities

Statutory returns and reporting

Responsibility for the prompt submission of the following returns and payment of the associated taxes and levies.

Monthly VAT, PAYE, UIF, SDL returns.

Annual Income tax & STC returns.

Annual WCA return.

Quarterly wage statistics

Maintenance of the Companies statutory records in conjunction with Company Secretary

Management reporting, budgets and forecasting

Preparation of the monthly Management Accounts forms B1-B6

Preparation of operational managements accounts for the management of branch activities

Preparation of the Quarterly B1–B6 at company and consolidation level

Preparation of the annual budget reports B0, B1-B6 and assistance with budget presentation

Preparation of the annual sell in and sell out forecasts

Assistance with ad hoc forecast and reports as required from time to time

Preparation of quarterly reports for submission to BEE shareholder

Internal control

Management of the companies internal control systems to ensure.

All creditor reconciliations are duly checked and approved for payment.

All bank reconciliations are checked and approved on a monthly basis.

All critical general ledger account reconciliations are reviewed on a monthly basis.

All journal entries are reviewed and approved

Fixed assets are properly identified & accounted for in term...