Head of Finance: Advice and Distribution

2 weeks ago

Parktown, South Africa PPS Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
The main purpose of the role is the management of the full finance function and internal controls to ensure accurate financial records and timeous reporting to Group and liaising with the other departments in the business to ensure value add of the Finance team. The incumbent will we responsible for financial control and reporting for PPS Advisory Services

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Education**:

- Qualified CA(SA)

**Experience**:

- 5 to 7 years’ post qualification experience in a Finance role, including at least 3 years
- Experience at a Management/Senior Management level
- Above average technical knowledge of IFRS and implementation ability
- Good knowledge of consolidations
- Proven track record of being involved in the preparation and/or audit of Annual Financial
statements
- Strong management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical
writing skills
- Ability and comfort level in researching client enquires and emerging issues, including
regulations, industry practices and new technologies
- Industry Sector specialisation will be an added advantage

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Knowledge of management accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control processes, techniques, and concepts
- Knowledge of financial accounting principles, classifying, measuring, and recording transactions
- In depth, experiential understanding of more advanced analyses and in the way in which
- Financial ratios, trends, business, and value drivers interact
- Knowledge of risk management
- Ability to plan the business unit budget and manage expenditure through responsible
- Implementation of policies, practices, and decisions
- Application of tax laws to the financial situation for the business to be able to create tax efficient structures
- Provide support, advice, and technical and professional expertise to assist line managers in fulfilling supply chain management responsibilities
- Knowledge of the process of evaluating, selecting, and managing products, tools, services
- Infrastructure components in line with the organisational business need
- General accepted practice guidelines for financial accounting
- Compilation of statement of liabilities and assets for the business unit

**Competencies**:

- Financial Acumen
- Analysis
- Business Acumen
- Enabling team success
- Planning and organising
- Results orientation
- Strategic orientation
- Quality orientation

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Accountabilities**

**Financial Reporting**
- Monitoring and managing the day-to-day financial operations within Advisory Services, this includes monthly financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting
- Tracking Advisory Services’ financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement
- Seek out methods for minimising financial risk to the business unit
- Providing insightful information and expectations to senior executives to aid in long-term andshort-term decision making
- Preparing Financial Advisory Annual Financial Statements using IFRS. This includes:

- Preparing and coordinating of working packs
- Reconciliation of all numbers to reporting system
- Updating financial and non-financial information for the integrated AFS including liaison with auditors and subsidiaries
- Coordinating input on system, and the administration thereof, by cost centres
- Coordinating and preparing monthly management accounts for ExCo. This includes:

- Reconciling / proof of various key balances
- Preparation of the income statements and KPIs, reviewing and updating the commentary for various subsidiaries
- Preparing quarterly board reports
- Overseeing Accounts Payable function
- Advising and implementing best practice methods to increase revenue and reduce costs
- Reviewing all formal finance, HR, and IT related policies and procedures
- Business case modelling

**Budgeting**
- Oversee preparation of budgets including payroll and fixed asset related numbers extending
to salaries, bonuses, CAPEX, depreciation
- Preparation of budget presentations and commentary to be included in budget presentations (ExCo & Board)
- Preparing variance reports analysis for budget meetings
- Payroll
- Remuneration modelling (Variable Remuneration included)
- Work closely with HR department and review the authorisation process of monthly payrolls
- Review of all payroll GL reconciliations
- Oversee preparation of payroll, creditors, fixed assets and cashbook sections of management reports

**Business Intelligence**
- Professional Market Business Development Execution
- Developing reports based on data analysis to inform management decisions
- Researching and analysing financial reports, date and market trends to identify patterns and trends, which can help the business improve their marketing efforts
- Recommending changes to current business processes in order to improve efficiency and profitability
- Business intelligence and reporting

**Business Support**
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