Corporate Finance Manager

Our client is looking for a Corporate Finance Manager to join their dynamic, growing team. The purpose of the position is to manage the central Finance function and to provide financial management, financial control and intelligence. The role is proactive with a key requirement of identifying areas of improvement and profit optimisation. Responsibilities include: * Full financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial support * Delivering presentations for all key internal management meetings * Reconciling balance sheet accounts, accruals, prepayments and collection of debtors * Prescribing best practice accounting policies and operational accounting implementation to ensure the adequacy and compliance of IFRS and relevant legislation * Managing the budget and forecast process * Interrogating budgets and forecast against actuals to identify and implement cost saving opportunities * Reviewing internal and external audit findings, and managing resolution and closure of findings * Acting as a Risk Officer for the relevant areas * Timeously approving supplier invoices for payment and releasing PO's * Reviewing and approving travel and accommodation * Developing financial models and validating the accuracy and reasonability of business cases for new services and products or joint ventures prior to the submission to the Group Capital Committee * Managing the implementation and financial aspects of reporting projects (systems and processes) * Reviewing and signing off the commercial terms of new supplier contracts and supplier take-on forms * Continuous improvement and enhancement of financial information, with increased automation and efficiency to eliminate manual interventions * Reviewing, assessing, streamlining and improving existing processes to ensure on time delivery * Responsible for maintenance of profit centre (PC), GL accounts and BPC master data dimensions for relevant areas to ensure that it is in line with reporting needs * Ad-hoc support and financial analysis, special projects, and other similar or related duties * Managing team KPI's to deliver goals and to ensure career development, engagement and succession Requirements: * Chartered Accountant with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience * Previous experience in managing a team / process / project * Knowledge of SAP FI, BPC and BI advantageous * Microsoft Excel intermediate * PowerPoint intermediate * Strong leadership and interpersonal skills - must have the ability to manage and influence teams * Highly motivated, results orientated and self-directed individual * Effective and decisive decision-making skills * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Ability to present ideas in a business-friendly, concise and easily comprehensible manner * Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities * Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment *Desired Skills: * * Reporting * Budgeting * Forecastin