Financial Manager at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The successful applicant will be responsible for the financial control aspects of a new partnership in Asia. You will report to the Divisional FM and form part of a team to improve and implement control frameworks, process enhancements, value-added reporting and perform the complete accounting function for the above-mentioned areas while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Month end activities and journals,
• Owning the P&L for these areas (expense and revenue management, including trend and variance analysis)
• Invoicing on SAP
• Balance sheet recons
• Budgets and forecasting
• Working Capital Management
• Compile month end reporting packs
• Ensure governance and internal financial controls are followed
• Assist with ongoing process enhancements, automations and value-add
• Adhoc and routine stakeholder reporting, meetings and deliverables
• Working with the auditors, group reporting and project/market team
• Cost tracking and analysis (working with project team to ensure finance systems (WBS) and PM systems are aligned)
• Tracking KPI’s
• Partner with market leads to understand the business, goals, strategies, and the impact on the finances of VG.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Action Orientated
• Business Insight
• Financial Acumen
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver

Education and Experience

Education:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting with BCom(Hons)
• Completed articles at big 4 (preferable)
• CA (SA), or CIMA (preferable) or strong experience in finance

Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Financial acumen, accounting principles & practices, IFRS, US GAAP and financial control knowledge
• SAP, SAGE, Power BI