Financial Specialist

2 weeks ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Recruit and Consult Specialists Full time

Job Identifying Details:

Job title:
Financial Specialist

Job level:
Specialist

Job type classification:
Permanent

Branch/Department:
Finance

Reporting to:

Senior Manager:
Finance

Office location:
Durban

Key Purpose:
- assisting with technical accounting queries and ensuring compliance with IFRS (including the implementation of new standards).
- identification of risks and the design and implementation of an effective and efficient control framework in order to mitigate the identified risk.
- automation and improvement of financial processes and reporting.
- assisting with the administration of finance operations.
- preparation/ review of monthly management accounts (incl variance analysis), annual financial statements and other regulatory reports.
- assisting with forecasting and financial modelling for effective business decisioning.
- compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations.
- collaboration with all departments to create and maintain an effective finance decision support function.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical accounting:

  • Review and monitoring of accounting policies to ensure compliance with IFRS.
  • Assist with the implementation of new accounting standards as well as the preparation of technical accounting papers when required.
  • Liaise with the auditors to resolve technical queries raised.
  • Provide technical training to the team on new (and existing) accounting standards.
Identification of risks and the design and implementation of controls:

  • Identification of relevant business risks and audit risks.
  • Design and implementation of an effective and efficient control framework in order to mitigate identified risks.
  • Assist with detailed documentation of process flows.

Automation and improvement of financial processes and reporting:

  • Plan and execute project plans (including management of resources and capacity constraints) to assist in the timeous automation and improvement of current financial processes.
  • Assess data requirements.

Administration of finance operations:

  • Assisting with the administration of the accounting software package and the banking system as and when required.
  • Assist with releasing disbursements after reviewing and reconciling to supporting schedules.

Financial reporting and financial analysis:

  • Preparation/ review of various reconciliations and schedules supporting the trial balance.
  • Preparation/ review of the monthly management accounts.
  • Assist with the preparation of the monthly financial commentary and variance analysis.
  • Implement suitable follow up where actuals differ materially from budget and assist with the development of a framework for the accountability for variances.
  • Provide financial trend and key ratio analysis monthly to identify areas of concern/ opportunity.
  • Address queries arising from business.
  • Preparation/ review of workings for accounting estimates.
  • Preparation of various regulatory reports (SARB returns, BBEEE schedules)

Annual financial reporting and year end audit:

  • Review/ preparation of the annual financial statements for the various entities across the Group ensuring compliance with various laws and regulations (including JSE debt listing requirements).
  • Preparing financial reports for relevant committees.
  • Liaison with internal and external auditors and the management of deadlines.
  • Assist with the preparation of the group consolidation and AFS workings.

Group taxation compliance:

  • Assist with managing the group tax requirements (all taxes: income, VAT, dividends) and to ensure that tax affairs including periodic returns and submissions are always compliant and as efficient as possible.

Forecasting and financial modelling:

  • Assist with the preparation of financial models for effective business decisioning (including effective interactions with counterparties, whether internal or external).
  • Assist with running an effective and timely budget process as well as performing ad hoc forecasting.

Requirements:

Minimum qualification and experience

  • CA(SA) preferably with financial services experience

Generic Competencies:

  • Enthusiastic
  • Energetic
  • Selfdriven
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellence orientation
  • Good communications skills
  • Zero tolerance for error
  • Accountability and ownership
  • Time management
  • Proactive reasoning

Technical Competencies:

  • Microsoft Office advanced levels for all packages.
  • Natural ability with numbers (high numeracy)
  • Strong logic and reasoning abilities
  • Strong comprehension and report writing skills
  • Strong presentation skills
  • High EQ
  • Ability to interact across senior and junior levels of staff

Salary:
R50, R60,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

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