Financial Manager / Accountant

VACANCY -FINANCIAL MANAGER/ FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT – CLOTHING / RETAIL INDUSTRY - DURBAN NORTH PURPOSE OF THE JOB To provide strategic leadership for all financial decisions and to ensure the timeous output of all accounting functions. Duties and Responsibilities BUDGETS Ensure annual budget is accurate and is analyzed monthly and all variances are accounted for. Information received from relevant HOD’s and from past historical information. Analyze expenditures. Ensures completion of budget by Dec close off Monthly analysis of budget / variance reporting to management. Accounts for variances in the budget CASHFLOW Monitoring and updating the cash flow to ensure that it is accurate and usable at all times. Oversees updating of cashflow daily/weekly and monthly. Correspondence and reporting to bankers on an annual/bi-annual basis in for facility reviews and negotiations. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS Prepare and analyze monthly management accounts in accordance with the budget. Preparation for monthly accounts Reviews and verifies trial balance, income statement and balance sheet. Preparation of monthly cash flow-report. Tracks the cash flow against the financial results. Manage and Preparation of monthly management pack. Prepare explanations for big variances comparing actual against budget. Management of stock, perpetual computerised system Pastel accounting system and software experience is advantageous. Ability to manage corporate tax, dividends. Experience with forex purchasing, planning, submission. Experience with import or export business environment Experience with invoice discounting and factoring is useful. Sales reporting across customers, categories and/or sales reps. Ability to product cost, implement product costing systems, departmentalised cost management. Ability to analyse cost drivers, analyse GP’s, report to management, and interpret. STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP Growth of business Work in partnership with the Directors to assist in feasibility studies with growth. Be able to get stuck into the accounting “processing” if necessary, not a hands-off department manager or audit manager. Be able to get into the reporting and numbers themselves as opposed to a supervisory role. Please email: admin1@ritefit.co.za RITE-FIT STAFFING PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV IN A WORD DOCUMENT. UNSUITABLE APPLICANTS WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT, VALID WORKING PERMIT FOR SOUTH AFRICA.


Consultant Name: Keshnee Pillay