South Africa: Financial Manager (Telecommunications) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Telecommunication industry is looking for a Financial Manager to oversee all financial aspects of their business. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the company’s financial health and stability, while also providing excellent customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Client and vendor payment approvals and allocations
• Customer collections including the control of any automated collection system such as the bank’s ACB module.
• Banking status and reconciliations
• Ensuring SARS, Bank and any other documentation required is completed in order to efficiently run the business (e.g. Bank guarantees)
• Sales and stock reporting and analysis
• Ensuring client and vendor queries are efficiently resolved
• Resolving legacy queries
• Petty Cash control
• Budget & Expense planning and reconciliations
• Payroll submissions to Payroll department
• Stock reconciliations
• Cashbook reconciliations
• Journal entries and reconciliations
• General ledger reconciliations
• Fixed Asset control
• Creating and processing of Purchase Orders, Stock receipts, Picking Slips, Invoices, Returns and other documents required
• Electronic Banking Administration
• Document Administration
• Policies and Procedures Administration and implementation
• Electronic Database Administration
• Risk analysis & control
• Threat identification of any part or process of the business that affects profitability and reporting such to the Executive Committee.
• Trial Balance & management accounts reporting
• Statutory returns reconciled and submitted.
• SARS E-filing control and maintenance
• Ensuring the company’s annual and interim audits are efficiently and speedily carried out with all queries resolved. Ensuring all documentation is in order and audit packs complete.
• Ensuring data integrity of the company’s accounting system
• Ensuring subordinates are tasked correctly and accurately and reporting on such activities.
• Ensuring all personnel that are assigned duties fulfil them accurately and quickly with form timelines given.
• Analyze fuel billing
• Calculate rebates
• Calculate commissions for sales representatives
• Notify suppliers of FEC’s booked

Requirements

• Pastel Partner / Evolution “must”
• Advanced excel skills for reporting purposes
• Cashbook experience “must”
• Payroll experience “must”
• Should have knowledge of ethical accounting practices and ensure they are adhered to
• Should have good oral and written communication skills.

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned in the original job description.