South Africa: Finance Administration Manager (Construction & Engineering) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Construction and Engineering industry is seeking a highly skilled Finance Administration Manager to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing accurate financial transactions, ensuring compliance with accounting principles, and contributing to the development of the financial organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage accurate and timeous recording of financial transactions in the general ledger and manage the related documentation for SA companies.
• Ensure that transactions are recorded, assessed, documented and complies with the requirements of the company and the generally applicable accounting principles and rules.
• Release creditors and expense claim payments.
• Contribute to and ensure an accurate monthly, quarterly and annual closure.
• Deliver an active contribution for the development and improvement of the financial organization and financial and business processes
• Be the ABW super user for all ABW users in transaction processing area
• Assist business with workflow queries.
• Developing external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g. auditors, external parties to transactions
• Address PFA training requirements
• Resolve PFA staffing issues
• Manage PFA scheduling on new projects or movement on project changes
• Identify, implement and manage PFA Process improvements
• Manage debt collection process and report to FM weekly.
• Review Master Date creation and updates
• Manage B-BBEE strategy and delivery.
• Manage procurement process and creation of master data.
• Assist with transactions queries internal and external.
• Provide Working Capital report to Financial Manager.
• Meet weekly with BL and CC on debt collection.
• Identify, implement and manage improvements in debt collection.
• Continuously contribute to improve management information in terms of efficiency, reliability and accuracy.
• Build strong relationships with operations to enhance PFA service delivery and enhance debt collection
• Assist Debt collection in review of provisions and actions to be taken.
• Review transaction logs and identify underperformance or improvement opportunities.
• Assist in upload of large creditors biff files.
• Upload expense and mileage claims for review by AP.
• Audit preparation and manage process during audit.
• Perform the Travel Advances recons and ensure advances are cleared in accordance to company policy.
• Provide HR with a list of overdue temporary advances that needs to be deducted prior to salary cut off date.
• Sign off bank account reconciliation (local and foreign bank account)

Requirements

• Relevant degree
• Registration with a relevant Professional Body, preferably CA (SA)
• Minimum five years relevant work experience, including management experience
• Strong management skills
• Excellent organizational and scheduling skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office and ERP skills
• Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Can work independently but is also a good team player (both within the team and externally)
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Able to work under pressure

Qualifications

(None mentioned in the original job description)

Salary & Benefits

Salary: R 720 000 to R 800 000 p.a