Finance Manager – Corporate Accounts at AECI Limited

Job Description

• Purpose of the job: To maintain the accuracy and integrity of the Head Office general ledger
• This includes examining, analysing, and preparing financial records and statements for Head Office and its managed entities.

Staff Management

• Recruit, develop and retain people with outstanding skills, qualifications and potential
• Define the divisional KPAs and KPIs that will be cascaded down to each area
• Evaluate and assess people performance
• Understand the need to train and develop staff to be able to use resources optimally and enhance performance
• Coach and guide subordinates

Daily Accounting

• Review journals and approve journals
• Manage all ERP system data
• Review and authorise all payments accordance with AP policy
• Release payments – foreign in accordance with the Treasury policy

Financial Reporting

• Review various Trial Balances monthly
• Review cost centre reports and analyse variances
• Review monthly Management Accounts
• Review update of investment register when required
• Review flash results for Head Office and review flash for Chemical Services Group.
• Review month end balancing and closure of all modules in Syspro
• Review financial data into Cognos system
• Manage, review and reconcile Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Prepare Quarterly forecasts
• Prepare Budgets with input from all Stakeholders.
• Review the Chemical Services Group forecast.
• Assist with the implementation of IFRS in Head Office

Taxation

• Ensure Taxation legislation is adopted at all times.
• Review the Head Office monthly VAT return
• Review the Chemhold, Chemical Services Limited, Chemiphos and Cape Explosive Works Limited VAT return.
• Prepare the Head Office quarterly tax pack and provisional tax.
• Assist with all Head Office projects and changes as and when required.
• Prepare Annual Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Review and assist in preparing BBBEE information on Head Office
• Administer all banking platforms
• Prepare the Treasury ICM for Internal Audit on Cura system.
• Prepare the Treasury ICM for Tax

Additional responsibilities

• Payroll and Finance activities
• Dividends
• Accounting entries for deregistration of companies
• Budgets
• Group Insurance
• Rental arrangements
• Review the trial balances managed for AECI Trusts – CEDT, TISO and EST
• Non- Executives Remuneration process
• Print and review monthly Syspro reports such as JV listing, AP amendments, all sub module adjustments and operator amendments report.
• Ensure all compliance with regards to level of authorities and all other group policies.
• Prepare and adopt processes recommended by Internal Audit.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum: Bcom Accounting degree
• Advantageous: CA SA
• Minimum: 10 years + with 5 year management experience
• IFRS knowledge
• Payroll processes, principles and systems
• Accounting best practice
• Accounting system / software
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel

Personal attributes

• Attention to detail
• Confidentiality
• Accuracy
• Honesty and integrity
• Deadline driven
• Motivational
• Professional
• Self-motivated
• Service oriented
• Communication
• Interpersonal
• Problem solving
• Planning
• Management
• Numeracy
• Relationship management

Closing Date

• 2025/07/16