Finance Director

**Finance Director**

**Johannesburg**

Lead and manage the day-to-day operations and financial reporting. This role is responsible for overseeing the Finance team and report to the Chief Finance Officer.

**Financial reporting**
- This includes statutory, monthly management accounts and analytical reporting in accordance with the business reporting strategy.
- Reporting to the board of the segment and local companies
- Oversees the preparation and distribution of all periodic financial statements for external use.
- Driving the financial planning of the segment by analysing its performance and risks.
- Monthly Exco Reporting
- Maintain and oversee the full financial review policy of the segment with detailed monthly review notes and analytical overview.
- Full trial balance management

**Corporate Governance**

Design and implement with the Group CFO and the Head of Finance: Statutory the finance strategy in line with the corporate strategy.
- Board Functions
- Board reporting and minutes for local and foreign subsidiaries
- Responsible for overview and creating of board reports to assist the board of directors.
- Provide board with finance guidance and reporting.
- Reporting to various Sub-Committees
- Audits
- Contract external auditing services to ensure financial monitoring is up to date.
- Work closely with Internal Audit department and committees.
- Oversee the Statutory Team’s co-ordination of fieldwork for local and group audits.
- Tax management and compliance.
- Ensure accurate, timely filing of consolidated local and foreign income tax returns and other business-related filings. Develop and evaluate tax strategies.
- Direct and indirect taxes.
- Transfer pricing governance.
- Support the business and CFO in navigating a dynamic and complex global tax environment.
- Work closely with the Head of Tax to drive tax processes, tax audits and external engagements with Tax Authorities
- Substance Governance.
- Regulatory requirements
- Ensure that all financial assistance and reporting is supplied in conjunction with the regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with the Head of Compliance to ensure all financial and tax licensing requirements are fulfilled.
- Accounting & finance policies and compliance with statutory requirements
- Update and implement financial policies and procedures.
- Legal and contracts.
- Internal billing and contract management.
- Administration and record keeping of all external contracts.
- Work closely with Treasury Department.
- Treasury management included management of all entities within the segment to ensure liquidity and mitigating operational, financial, and reputational risks.
- Planning, organizing, and controlling the funds and working capital.
- Preparing cash flow forecasts
- Capital expenditure management and procurement.
- Engage with local and foreign banks to ensure service level agreements are adhered to.
- Including the preparation and sign off on annual forecasts.
- Manage the actuals against the budgets and introduce controls or corrective measures where required.
- Develop and maintain tools on-hand to help achieve close to real-time reporting which pulls all relevant management information.
- Policies and procedures around the controls and output of the ERP systems.
- Drive efficiencies in data delivery and co-ordinate data requirement with the relevant technical teams
- Ensure the increase effectiveness in the output of reporting that adhere to the compliance and reporting standards required.
- Review and sign off on all relevant SOX control activities as Control owner of certain processes.
- Planning: The process of choosing appropriate goals and actions to pursue and then determining what strategies to use.
- Organizing: This process of establishing worker relationships.
- Leading: This function involves articulating a vision, energizing employees, inspiring, and motivating people.
- Staffing: Recruiting and selecting employees.
- Controlling: Evaluate how well you are achieving your goals, improving performance, taking actions.
- Work with managers in Finance to clearly identify and define their responsibilities, developing key performance indicators/goals.

**Essential Criteria**:
- CA, ACCA and or CIMA or equivalent financial qualification.

- Minimum of 3 years accounting reporting experience.

- Experience with large volumes of financial data.

- Experience with financial systems.

- Minimum 3-5 years managerial experience.

**Desirable Criteria**:
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

- Experience in Navision.

- Knowledge of IFRS. 27.3a

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)