Purpose
The role is responsible for leading the group’s financial reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting processes to ensure accurate, timely, and meaningful financial information. The role exists to provide a strong numbers-focused view of group financial performance, position, and trends to support reporting, planning, and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting and medium-term to long-term financial planning processes.
- Monitor budget performance, analyse variances, and recommend corrective actions. Prepare rolling forecasts for the group and scenario analysis to support planning and sustainability.
Financial Reporting and Compliance
- Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting in line with IFRS, legislation, and internal policies.
- Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, including close timetables, review controls, and timely submission of results across all entities.
- Oversee preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management and statutory reports.
- Oversee group consolidation, intercompany reconciliations and eliminations, consolidated group reporting, budgets, and annual financial statements.
- Prepare and review financial inputs and reporting packs for lenders, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with statistical and government reporting requirements.
- Support multinational reporting requirements, including foreign currency accounting, revaluations, and alignment of reporting across jurisdictions.
Governance, Controls and Risk Management
- Ensures compliance with financial controls, policies, and procedures.
- Ensure balance sheet integrity through robust reconciliations, review controls, analysis, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
- Ensure compliance with financial legislation, tax requirements, and governance frameworks.
- Identify, assess, and manage financial risks, including fraud prevention and detection.
Operational Financial Management and Shared Services
- Oversee cash flow management, working capital, funding requirements and cost optimisation initiatives.
- Support procurement, contract management, and capital expenditure evaluation from a financial perspective.
Payroll Management
- Oversee payroll function and ensure compliance with legislative and tax requirements.
- Monitor HRM payroll system performance, compliance, and enhancements.
- Ensure alignment with policies, procedures, and approval frameworks.
Taxation
- Review tax computations and returns.
- Oversee SARS queries and ensure resolution of outstanding issues.
- Monitor VAT and PAYE compliance.
- Support tax planning initiatives, including transfer pricing policy updates.
Insurance Management
- Oversee insurance claims management and reporting.
- Manage annual insurance renewals and ensure adequate coverage, including offshore operations
Policies, Procedures and Standards
- Ensure compliance to all financial policies and procedures.
- Interpret and implement changes in IFRS and other applicable financial reporting standards
Business Intelligence and Performance Analysis
- Analyse financial and operational trends to provide insights.
People Management and Leadership
- Manage the finance team to build a high-performing function.
- Oversee day-to-day team management, communication.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ethics, and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, regulators, and external partners.
- Provide financial guidance and support to operational business units and project teams.
