Financial Controller

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Baker McKenzie Full time

**Role Summary**

The Financial Controller is responsible for the complete and accurate general ledger, assets register accounting and cash flow management. Runs and maintains the monthly payroll including the ad-hoc payroll processing during the month. Provides relevant departments with accurate and complete information for reporting and decision making purposes, supporting the accurate compilation of Financial reports.

**Responsibilities**

**Main Outcome 1: General Ledger (30%)**
- Reviews general ledger accounts for reasonability;
- Processing general ledger journals;
- Preparation of the monthly reconciliations;
- Preparation of the analysis of the income statement accounts;
- Reviews accuracy of reconciliations are done accurately and checks against supporting documentation and ledger balances;
- Creates management accounts from general ledger;
- Compiles departmental spending reports for support departments and highlights issues;
- Conducts inter-firm reconciliations.
- Processing clients receipts daily and send notification to partners & PA's
- Processing FNB account debit entries from vouchers to SAP via AP module.

**Main Outcome 3: Statutory and General Reporting (30%)**
- Generates PAYE reports and submits reports on SARS portal and makes payments;
- Generates workman's compensation reports and submits to Department of Labour and makes payments;
- Generates and reviews VAT reports from SAP and submits for approval, makes payments;
- Completes Statistics South Africa reports;
- Gathers data for Employment Equity and Skills Development reports;
- Submits monthly reports to provident fund provider;
- Working with the global R2R team for all accounting queries;
- Assisting finance manager with adhoc, weekly and monthly reporting requirements.

**Main Outcome 4: Cash Flow Management (10%)**
- Reviews cash position on a daily basis and where required transfers payments to Global Head Office;
- Forecasts cash requirements and ensures liquidity of funds.

**Main Outcome 6: Chrome River Invoice and Expense processing (10%)**
- Issuing and returns of employee credit cards;
- Performing Chrome River submission reviews;
- Submits credit card statements to card holders and requests supporting documentation;
- Reconciles supporting documentation to statements and highlights variances for query;
- Processes entries in SAP.

**Main Outcome 7: Trust Audit Accounting (10%)**
- Processes approved trust payment requests;
- Maintains the trust audit register;
- Reconciliation of trust accounts;
- Processes depreciation on SA.

**Main Outcome 8: Assets Register (5%)**
- Processes approved capital expenditure requests;
- Maintains the fixed assets register with additions and disposals;
- Reconciles fixed asset register with SAP;
- Processes depreciation on SAP.

**Main Outcome 9: Back-up (5%)**
- Providing back-up within finance team for staff that might be on leave;
- Performing the back-up duties in an acceptable manner that would've resulted in the same outcome if the staff had not been on leave.

**Job Holder Requirements**:
**Technical and Specialist Skills**
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**Qualifications**
Degree in Financial Accounting

**Experience**
5 years as a Financial Accountant

**Knowledge and Skills**
SAP accounting
Microsoft office with a strong excel focus
SAGE VIP
SARS Portals



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