Finance Manager at Tharisa

Role Context

• Managing the finance portfolio of Arxo Metals
• Preparation/review of monthly dashboards, management accounts and accounting pack;
• Preparation/review of annual financial statements;
• Preparation/review of annual budgets and forecast;
• Assist in planning and implementing future expansion of the financial and purchasing portfolios in Arxo Metals to comply with segregation of duties of the portfolios.
• Assisting external and internal audits where necessary;
• Financial modelling and forecasting to determine the commercial viability of various new projects;
• Implementation of financial controls and financial treatment of transactions relating to new projects that reached commercial phase;
• Preparation of board reports;
• Manage finance staff to accomplish the following monthly requirements:
• Responsible for weekly cash management and tax and statutory compliance and statutory payments;
• Approve monthly supplier payments, salaries, beneficiaries and ad hoc payments;
• Monthly payroll review;
• Responsible for monthly review of general ledger accounts;
• Overall responsibility for all daily accounting complexities in accordance with IFRS;
• Sage order approvals;
• SARS engagements and compliance with specific reference to beneficial income tax deductions of research and development expenditure;
• Inventory costing (WIP & finished) and movements;
• Supplier negotiations and pricing;
• Preparations of CBE’s;
• HR matters (RMA/WCA, contracts, interviews, employment equity, training requirements, UI19’s etc.);
• BEE strategy, execution and audits;
• Staff training and development;
• Development and implementations of SOPS;
• New system implementation (Microsoft Dynamics, OneStream, treasury payments);
• Assist the team were requested in finance - other ad hoc matters;
• Operational inputs and follow-ups on production progress. 

Requirements

Qualifications

• Grade 12/ NQF Level 4,
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or Economics.
• CA (SA)

Job-specific experience

• Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns;
• Sound experience in cost accounting practices and implementation of systems related to this.
• Financial modeling to determine viability of expansions with regard to cash generation and costing.
• Five years’ experience at managerial level;
• Experience in the financial aspects of mining/manufacturing operations such as cost control, budgeting, ERP systems and return on investment;
• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.).