Pretoria: FINANCIAL CONTROLLER posted by CompitantCandidates

About the Role

Our client, an established company within the financial sector, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Financial Controller to join their team. This role offers an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong planning and organising abilities to grow their career within a reputable organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for reviewing of primary source documents
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to the Group’s policies, procedures, budget limits and Levels of Authority regarding goods and services procured
• Responsible for completing “checks” on completeness of supporting documentation maintained and ensuring accountants are aware of any shortcomings in this procedure
• Providing feedback to financial manager on any problems
• Assists in other areas where required

• Reviews the accounting records to assert whether they are materially valid, accurate and complete
• Providing feedback to financial manager on any problems
• Reviews the fixed asset registers
• Responsible for the review of periodic records including balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepares reconciliation schedules for more complex account balances and reviews schedules prepared by bookkeeper and to ensure that the balance sheet is appropriately reconciled
• Primarily responsible for the validity, accuracy and completeness of transactions processed in the accounting records in a consistent manner
• Ensure the intercompany process is accurate and complete
• Responsible for preparing calculations where required of amounts recognised in the accounting records
• Reviews Payroll information with supporting documentation
• Reviews instruction received from Group in relation to specific entity and ensures instruction is relevant, accurate and understood before actioning
• Providing feedback to financial manager on any problems
• Assists in other areas where required

• Reviews all management information prepared (management accounts, budgets and other) to ensure accuracy and proper analysis thereof
• Responsible for preparing an accurate budget, including the update of forecasts and all supporting schedules timeously
• Prepares and maintains all other management information requested by the executive management team
• Develops management information reporting templates
• Assists in other areas where required

• Prepares and maintains calculations for revenue generated (including supporting documentation)
• Performs checks on inputs used for system generated revenue calculations to approved sources (agreements etc)
• Provides feedback to financial manager on any problems
• Updates and maintains summaries of Assets Under including movements
• Assists in other areas where required

• Reviews functions performed by the bookkeepers and accountants
• Takes ownership of the validity, accuracy and completeness of the weekly and long-term cash flow preparation in line with the required timelines
• Prepares calculations to monitor financial soundness requirements for current and future periods (liquidity, cash holdings, CAR & solvency)
• May be required to be a releaser of payments and beneficiaries on the banking platform
• Assists in other areas where required

• Reviews the VAT reconciliations and working papers prepared by the accountants
• Escalates any unresolved problems to financial manager
• Reviews the Income tax returns prepared by bookkeepers and accountants
• Review tax computations monthly and income tax return before submission to SARS
• Prepared DWT returns for submission
• Ensures that all audit queries are addressed timely and that valid tax clearance is maintained at all times
• Ensures that payment for all tax types are paid within the prescribed timeframes
• Assists in other areas where required

• Primarily responsible for providing all information to the auditors and Group management timeously
• Preparation of annual financial statements