POSITION: Finance & Compliance Manager
LOCATION: Midrand, Gauteng
SALARY: Negotiable, depending on skills of individual
EE: Open to all
REPORTING TO: Chief Operating Officer

PURPOSE: Provide financial and legal advice to Senior Management, as well as ensuring compliance with applicable laws and legislation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to the following:

Financial Management and Reporting:

• Manage the annual financial targets and performance set against business plans, targets, sales results, EBITDA, cost control and pricing.
• Prepare and analyse weekly management accounts, adhering to strict deadlines.
• Preparation of fully detailed annual budgets including:

• Income Statements
• Balance Sheets
• Cash Flow Statements
• Capital Expenditure

• Validate actual versus budget variance reports including full details of variances.
• Preparation of actual versus weekly reporting and explanations for variances.
• Preparation of forecasting and planning for the facility.
• Oversee stock integrity, and review stock reconciliations to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare fully detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts.
• Oversee correct allocations of all costs for the business.

Company Secretarial and Compliance duties:

• Ensure adherence of organization policies and procedures, especially regulatory and ethical standards.
• Perform regular audits, design control systems and help to design and implement company policies.
• Drafting and reviewing customer and supplier contracts
• Dealing with banks in terms of standard terms and conditions, contracts and loan documents.
• Providing legal advice and support to the business to ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
• Research of legislation, regulation and the general laws of South Africa
• Development, maintenance and rollout of contracts, policies and guidance documents
• Providing the Company with best practice and advice on financial matters
• Company Secretarial Compliance and oversight (CIPC compliance)

Risk Management:

• Management of stock and stock controls to minimize risks associated with inventory.
• Implement and maintain company policies in terms of financial risk and the mitigation thereof.
• Timeously report on risk issues.
• Innovation Projects
• Investigate, motivate and drive the implementation of innovation and enhanced efficiency projects e.g. digitalization and increased customer service levels.
• Leadership of employee
• Provide leadership in a motivational climate.
• Manage Key Performance Areas and monitor performance standards.
• Provide procedural and fair disciplinary action to address any deviations to company policies.

Ad-hoc:

• Assist with and carry out ad-hoc duties such as benchmarking, best practices and provide recommendations.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 5 years in a Financial Manager/similar position.
• In-depth experience with activity analysis, budgeting, forecasting and compliance.
• High level understanding of accounting regulations and practices.
• Strong systems control, organizational, communication and process improvement experience essential.
• Experience with integrated operational systems essential.
• High level knowledge of standard Microsoft packages essential (Excel and Word).
• Exposure to Accounting Packages such as Microsoft Dynamics will be advantageous.

CORE BEHAVIOURS:

• Attention to detail with excellent organizational skills.
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks to support the administration / operational teams in ensuring maximum output / information to the Business.
• Strong analytical acumen
• Professional individual with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Effective time management skills with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Customer and results focused and be highly committed to providing excellent standard of service to all Queally customers both internal and external, promoting the companies professionally and enthusiastically at all times.
• Any other responsibilities not specifically mentioned above.

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• BCom Accounting / BCom Law / CIMA is essential.
• CPA Accreditation will be advantageous.