Chief Financial Strategist

3 days ago

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Cochrane Global Full time
Job Description
Cochrane Global is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Financial Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for advising the company on how to increase profit through prudent financial practices.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Perform financial management duties, including generating financial data, compiling and submitting reports, analysing industry trends, and assessing the company's financial health.
  2. Oversee the operations and development of the company's finance departments, including creating and reviewing policies, budgeting, recruiting, training, and conducting regular assessments of financial procedures.
  3. Supervise the preparation of quarterly and annual account reconciliations, monitor and enforce compliance with tax and financial reporting standards, and assist with cash flow forecasting.
  4. Advise colleagues and executive management on decisions related to the company's finances.
  5. Supervise the documentation of the company's financial status and forecasts.
  6. Mediate between the organization, employees, stakeholders, shareholders, and investors on financial issues for amicable resolution of differences.
  7. Create strategic business plans based on the analysis of the company's status and financial forecasts.
Required Skills and Qualifications:

Key Requirements:
  1. Proven knowledge of financial analysis and strategy.
  2. Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
  3. In-depth knowledge of financial reporting standards, tax regulations, and industry legislation.
  4. Analytical skills.
  5. Attention to detail.
  6. Interpersonal skills.
  7. Negotiation skills.
Education:
  • MATRIC (Non-Negotiable). Average 65 % and higher on Maths.
  • PREFERRED HONOURS DEGREE HOLDERS/BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS STUDIES OR A RELATED FIELD (IE: B.COM WITH HONOURS AND COMPLETED ARTICLES).
  • QUALIFIED AS CA (SA) NON-NEGOTIABLE.
  • LEVEL 3 TAX COMPLIED: EXPERIENCE AS TAX COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS.
  • LEVEL 4 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE: MORE COMPLEX ACCOUNTING TASKS, SUCH AS MAINTAINING COST ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND THE PREPARATION OF REPORTS AND RETURNS.
  • PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SAICA IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
  • MINIMUM 10 YEARS APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN A MANUFACTURING OR OPERATIONS ENVIRONMENT (NONE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS).
  • DEMONSTRATES UNDERSTANDING OF ALL FACETS OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND INTERACTIONS, A SOUND WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, NUMERACY, AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
  • FLUENT IN AFRIKAANS AND ENGLISH.
  • STRONG UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF SA INCOME TAX, VAT, AND OTHER TAX LEGISLATIONS.
  • HIGH LEVEL COMPUTER LITERACY (INCLUDING MS OFFICE/EXCEL).
  • WORKING EXPERIENCE IN A FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE OF ONLINE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (JDE).
  • DEMONSTRATES ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE AND PLAN WORK, HANDLE A DIVERSITY OF TASKS SIMULTANEOUSLY, MEET DEADLINES CONSISTENTLY, MANAGE PROJECTS, AND COPE UNDER PRESSURE.
  • The ideal candidate has also experience collaborating and/or managing a team of Accountants and Junior Accountants.
  • DEMONSTRATES COMMITMENT TO TEAMWORK, SERVICE, INTEGRITY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
  • DECISIVE AND ASSERTIVE WITH CAPABILITY TO BUILD/MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
  • SOUND WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICES COUPLED WITH ABILITY TO WRITE ADVANCED MACROS AND PRODUCE HIGH LEVEL SPREADSHEETS AND FINANCIAL MODELLING.

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