Financial Specialist

1 week ago

Durban, 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
- Self-driven
- Attention to detail
- Excellence orientation
- Good communications skills
- Zero tolerance for error
- Accountability and ownership
- Time management
- Pro-active 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**: R50,000.00 - 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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