Our client, based in St Francis Bay (Eastern Cape) and a dominant / leading brand in their market segment; is seeking to expand their operation and appoint a dynamic and driven Financial Accountant to their team. Candidates applying for this role must have a CA (SAICA) qualification, a minimum of 3 years commercial business experience and should be an MS Excel guru! Relocation to St Francis Bay is a pre-requisite. Awesome opportunity for career growth in this thriving business.
Other criteria include :
Qualifications:
- Candidates must have a CA (SAICA) qualification
- 3 or more years’ work experience
- Must be a MS Excel whizz
Management:
- Maintain a documented system
- Manage outsourced functions
- Oversee the operations organizational structure adequate for achieving the department’s goals and objectives
- Manage staff in the office, +/- 15
- Presentation of management accounts to the board
Funds Management:
- Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
- Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
- Use hedging to mitigate financial risks related to the interest rates on the company’s borrowings, as well as on its foreign exchange positions
- Maintain banking relationships
- Assist in determining the company’s proper capital structure
- Arrange for equity financing and debt financing
- Invest funds
Budgeting:
- Manage the preparation of the company’s budget
- Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
- Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction
Financial Analysis:
- Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company
- Review the performance of competitors and report on key issues to management
- Engage in bench marking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
- Interpret the company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
- Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
- Participate in target costing activities to create products that meeting predetermined price goals
- Assist in the determination of product pricing in relation to features offered and competitor pricing
- Compile key business metrics and report on them to management
- Manage the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
- Create additional analyses and reports as requested by management
Other factors:
- Process driven
- Building business controls throughout the operation
- High business management acumen
- Analytical
- Forward thinker
- Team player
- Dynamic and works at high pace
- High level of integrity
- Must show sense of maturity in all that they do
- Must be able to assume control when required
- Must be able to work in a highly pressurized environment
- Strong IT skills
- High work ethic
Awesome opportunity for career growth in this thriving business.