Finance Controller

**Job Number**
- 72811

**Job Type**
- Permanent

**Job Title**
- Finance Controller

**Computer Skills**
- ERP System

**Industry**
- Engineering

**City**
- Ekurhuleni (East Rand)

**Province**
- Gauteng

**Description & Responsibilities**:

- Daily, weekly & monthly exception reports.
- Review and release of daily local and weekly foreign payments via the banking platform.
- Maintaining Master Sales Price Files on the ERP system.
- Weekly review of the Wages Exception Reports & Variance Reports and sign off.
- Preparation and processing of ad hoc journals as and when required.
- Liaising with Afrit regarding exchange rates for monthly Axle Direct Delivery Invoicing.
- Review of & Control over Expenses.
- Month End processes in the Finance department.
- Monthly Sales Forecast with the Sales Manager.
- Preparing the Monthly Management Accounts & Group Reporting Packages for both entities, together with the Finance Manager.
- Monthly reporting of headline figures to the Managing Director
- Review the monthly Income Statement for Cape Town.
- Compiling supplementary financial reports as required by management, or other stakeholders.
- Compiling quarterly Income Statement Forecasts
- Compiling annual Income Statement Budgets
- Preparation of the audit file and the associated supporting documentation required by the auditors annually together with the Financial Manager.
- Reviewing and finalizing the annual Financial Statements together with the audit team and the Financial Manager.
- Tax Calculations (Yearly taxation, provisional tax calculations, etc) & ensuring tax compliance for both entities.
- Annual Insurance review & negotiations
- Obtaining various SARB Approvals (Royalties, IT costs, High Sea Sales, etc)
- Guiding and assisting the rest of the finance team in terms of IFRS requirements.
- Developing and implementing procedures where needed.
- Staff Management
- Any ad hoc functions as required by Management from time to time.

**Position Objective**
- Providing support to the Directors, Production, Purchasing and Sales Teams of the company by supplying the correct information via daily, weekly and/or month reporting and ensuring that the exceptions highlighted by the reports are followed up and resolved.
- Providing support to the financial staff to ensure a more efficient work environment in the financial department.
- Overseeing the accounting function relevant to your responsibilities, ensuring that accounting records relating to these are kept appropriately and that reported results comply with accounting standards and relevant legislation.
- Providing general assistance to the Financial Director.**Inherent Requirements**
- Inventory control (Imports, Costing, Cost Variances, Forecasts, etc)
- Budgets & Forecasting.
- Analyzing financial information and giving feedback on variances (reasons for these variances, not just what the variances are)
- Understanding the impact of imports and exports on Inventory, Cash, Creditors, etc.
- Experience with Audit Files & auditors in general
- Medium to Large company. Small companies with a few debtors & creditors and a little stock won’t work

**Experience**
- Experience with Tax Calculations
- Experience with Compiling of Financial Statements
- Experience in a Manufacturing environment
- CIMA would be an advantage

**The Qualifications and required experience are as follows**:

- Honours Degree, or Articles or both; plus 5 years’ experience after Articles
- BCOM or BCOMPT degree plus 10 years’ experience

**What Qualification**

**Minimum Qualification**
- Bachelors

**Status**
- Available