Financial Controller

4 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Alistair James Company Ltd Full time

**Who we are**

ALISTAIR Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000-employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

**Core Services**:

- Freight Forwarding
- Clearance & Forwarding
- Energy Industry Support Services
- Equipment Rental
- Commodity Trading
- Integrated Solutions
- Warehousing
- Ocean Freight

**Industries**:

- Minding
- Oil & Gas
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Explosives
- Renewables

**Monday to Friday**: 07:20 - 16:20

**Alternate Saturdays**: 08:00 - 12:00

**Location**:Johannesburg, South Africa / Forbach, Mauritius**

**1. Qualifications**:

- BCom and Honours (Finance)
- 5+ years of post-article experience
- 3+ years of management experience
- Advanced Excel
- Excellent communication, consultation, and interpersonal skills
- Strong business acumen and ability to understand organizational needs
- SAP proficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
- Attention to detail

**2. Accountabilities & Responsibility Areas**
- Supervision and management of the Group’s Shared Services teams, including Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Payroll, General Accounting and Cost Control.
- Intercompany Recons
- Assessing the current Shared Services processes and procedures and proposing and implementing ways to streamline them
- Documenting all processes and procedures for the Shared Services functions, together with team leaders
- Procure accurate financial reports to specific deadlines, including, but not limited to external shareholder reporting, monthly management of accounts and weekly cash flows
- Assist with the annual statutory audits, ensuring all Group fieldwork and specific company-audited financials are signed off and filed within specific deadlines
- Coordinate and manage the team's objectives to ensure the Shared Services team meets all within specified deadlines.
- Develop and implement a monitoring system (dashboard) for all Shared Services functions to track the team’s KPI’s
- Keep abreast of changes in financial regulation and legislation
- Any other tasks assigned by the Head of Finance or Head of Financial Transactions

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