Senior Financial Controller

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:
The Senior Financial Controller is responsible for managing financial reporting, compliance, systems, and business intelligence to ensure accurate, efficient, and compliant financial operations. This role provides insights to support strategic business decisions and drives process improvement within the finance function.

**FINANCIAL REPORTING, COMPLIANCE, AUDITING AND ANALYSIS**

**Core Tasks**:

- Prepare and present accurate and timely financial reports, statements, and management accounts to support decision-making.
- Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, highlighting key variances and trends.
- Conduct detailed analysis of historical financial data to identify opportunities and risks.
- Ensure all financial reporting is in compliance with IFRS, tax regulations, and other statutory requirements.
- Coordinate and support both internal and external audit processes by providing required documentation and explanations.
- Identify, record, and monitor related-party transactions in line with accounting standards and governance requirements.
- Maintain a complete and accurate audit trail for all financial transactions, contracts, and supporting documents.
- Ensure all invoices, receipts, and contracts are processed, reconciled, and stored accurately.
- Identify financial risks and provide recommendations to mitigate exposure.

**FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, SYSTEMS AND CONTROL**:
**Core Tasks**:

- Prepare and present accurate and timely financial reports, statements, and management accounts to support decision-making.
- Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, highlighting key variances and trends.
- Conduct detailed analysis of historical financial data to identify opportunities and risks.
- Ensure all financial reporting is in compliance with IFRS, tax regulations, and other statutory requirements.
- Coordinate and support both internal and external audit processes by providing required documentation and explanations.
- Identify, record, and monitor related-party transactions in line with accounting standards and governance requirements.
- Maintain a complete and accurate audit trail for all financial transactions, contracts, and supporting documents.
- Ensure all invoices, receipts, and contracts are processed, reconciled, and stored accurately.
- Identify financial risks and provide recommendations to mitigate exposure.

**BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE REPORT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION**:
**Core Tasks**:

- Collect, integrate, and clean financial and operational data from multiple sources into a centralised reporting platform.
- Maintain data models, KPIs, and performance dashboards that provide real-time insights into business performance.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of integrated data to identify trends, patterns, and performance gaps.
- Work closely with managers and stakeholders to understand business reporting requirements and priorities.
- Design, develop, and deliver customised dashboards and visualisations that meet stakeholder needs.
- Implement BI tools and reporting systems across the organisation and ensure they are accessible to relevant users.
- Monitor the accuracy, relevance, and performance of BI reports and resolve data quality issues.
- Train and guide business users on how to interpret and use dashboards effectively.
- Continuously improve and refine BI tools based on user feedback, changing business needs, and emerging trends.
- Use predictive and advanced analytics to support forecasting and strategic decision.

**BUSINESS REQUIREMNT/ SPECIFICATION**

**Core Tasks**:

- Conduct gap analyses on current systems and processes to identify inefficiencies or risks.
- Communicate identified gaps and improvement areas to senior management and stakeholders.
- Recommend enhancements or new features to improve system performance and business processes.
- Act as the bridge between finance, operations, and IT by translating business needs into technical requirements.
- Draft detailed and formal business requirement specifications for system development projects.
- Participate in system design workshops, testing phases, and user acceptance processes.
- Support the business in documenting new requirements for future system developments.
- Provide financial system and reporting support to the Equipment Cluster (Staalmeester, Falcon, Prodist, JDI, S&L).

**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

**Qualifications**: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. Professional certifications such as Chartered Accountant (CA) or CIMA are advantageous.

**Requirements**:Minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience in financial control, accounting, or auditing. Prior experience in agricultural equipment, or related industries will be advantageous.
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