Head of Corporate Finance

3years
- Takes responsibility with the Chief Financial Officer for consolidations, statutory reporting, financial accounting, tax and treasury management.
- Develops and implements accounting and financial management policies and procedures
- and ensures adherence to all relevant accounting standards and best practice.
- Ensures timely and accurate reporting against financial covenants and obligations.
- Develop and ensure financial systems and controls are in place and operating effectively.
- Assists with the management of external audit relationship and ensures the comments and recommendations are responded to and implemented appropriately.
- Shares the responsibility for co-ordinating annual planning and budgeting processes.
- Facilitates the completion and approval of business cases and capital expenditure
- Prepares in collaboration with the finance team a corporate finance plan and risk assessment for submission to Executive Management and the Board.
- Manage the Company finance framework, ensuring continual improvement and flexibility in response to changes in the business model and / or services.
- Develop and ensure alignment of the finance strategy with the Company strategy and goals.
- Analyse and identity finance risks, processes, controls and provide advice to the Executive Committee, Management Committee and external stakeholders (if required) to enable effective management.
- Co-ordinate the drafting of finance processes and procedures, including the documenting, maintenance and continual improvement of processes.
- Responsible for ensuring the alignment and maintenance of the Company Finance Quality Management System
- Ensure, in consultation with the business the development and completion of business and client specific financial risk management plans.
- Monitor adherence to financial governance, legal, regulatory and Quality Management System standards to significant breaches and or/ exposures and identify further areas of development.
- Monitor compliance with regulatory requirements, Quality Management System and Client contractual requirements.
- Complete and submit accurate and timeous monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports as may be required by the governance structure, Clients and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor and track the timely and effective implementation of agreed corrective actions, escalating progress and results to the Executive Committee and Governance forums.
- Support and maintain strong team dynamics and culture.
- Manage and support team members, in an effective and motivational manner, sufficiently developing and mentoring the team.
- Proactively identify and address skills shortages with the team.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Minimum Bachelor’s Degrees - BCom Financial Accounting/Financial management
- Completion of Articles an added advantage
- Ability to manage and co-ordinate relationships and decisions with external and internal stakeholders.
- Strong regulatory, policy and process management skills within a complex environment.
- Demonstrate competency in meeting deadlines, providing accurate and timely information.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent numerical skills.
- Advanced commercial understanding.
- Commitment to lifelong learning and continual development.
- Compliance with the Continued Professional Development requirements of your membership with any professional association.