Head of Reporting and Consolidations at talentCRU Proprietary Limited

Job Purpose:

• The Head: Group Financial Reporting and Consolidation is responsible for the Group’s consolidated financial and management reporting in accordance with company policies and external reporting standards. The Head: Group Financial Reporting and Consolidation also oversees the General Accounting Function

Duties: 

• Review current process or methods of collecting and consolidating financial information to identify areas of improvement.
• Coordination and production of consolidated group accounts.
• Ad-hoc financial reporting.
• Review of reports on actual performance for inclusion in management and board packs.
• Manage the consolidation of the Group’s results and prepare the financial sections and any required supporting analysis.
• Produce the financial sections of the Integrated Annual Report.
• Ensure the development and deployment of standardised Group reporting structures and systems to ensure accurate and consistent reporting.
• Provide technical guidance to the local finance functions on IFRS issues, disclosure items, new accounting standards and complex accounting matters.
• Provide financial input to presentations for use at management, board and investor meetings.
• Liaise with the Group communications and investor relations department on financial matters.
• Review monthly management submissions made by segments.
• Conduct detailed review and investigation of variance analysis schedules and preparations of summary review documents to be used for the monthly Management review.
• Consolidate and analyse Group Capex projects.
• Agree and monitor performance objectives with direct reports and identify areas for performance improvement and any adjustments to organisation, tools, processes and people as necessary.
• Develop group reporting resources in the group through clearly understood roles, responsibilities and performance objectives, regular feedback and continuing professional training.
• Provide accurate and timely financial information, reports and analysis including formats, processes and systems to provide this.
• Establish communication and rapport building with Commercial Finance and other stakeholders, to ensure financial information fits business needs and maintains high quality/integrity.
• Perform periodic and year end closing, in coordination with the concerned departments/divisions/GBS, including periodic IFRS financial statements for external and internal reporting including the processes supporting these.
• Manage production of monthly Adcorp relevant management accounts pack and ad hoc reports to internal customers .
• Manage the preparation of financial information to BOD and Audit Committee.
• Managing and maintaining the group standard chart of accounts.

Leadership

• Support team in their professional development.
• Mentor and motivate team members.
• Act as the primary contact for assigned employees.
• Identify competency and qualification needs and recommendation of appropriate measures (training, qualifications, etc.). Relationship
• Cooperate and interact with internal and external auditors.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to manage the preparation of financial information to BOD and Audit Committee.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to deliver consolidated group reports in a timely manner.

Qualification & Job Experience

• Post graduate degree in Accounting, CA(SA) - SAICA Registered 
• + 8 years’ post qualification experience ( with 3+ years in a supervisory role).
• Very good knowledge of Finance and Finance processes.
• Very good understanding of Accounting processes/IFRS/JSE.