Senior Financial Consultant at IQbusiness

The purpose of the position is to perform various consulting engagements in the finance and accounting field, providing input and assistance to the client, being the financial manager or the CFO. The role also encompasses being a senior member of the Financial Insights team within IQbusiness, assisting with the development of other team members and offerings to clients.

Key Responsibilities and/or output areas include, but are not limited to: 

Management of delivery of finance projects

• Guiding and mentoring of team members
• Management of delivery of project
• Management of and maintenance of client relationship

Consults with clients on various accounting/tax/business matters

• Has a detailed understanding of finance and can assist clients in various areas, including (but not limited to) the performance of valuations; Activity based costing and other costing analysis; tax structuring; restructuring of the finance function and related processes; the preparation and review of business cases; the evaluation of capital investment decisions; etc.

Performs various accounting and tax functions on behalf of clients, with a detailed understanding of the end-to-end finance function including:

• Ensures legislative compliance and implementation of recognized accounting standards and principles
• Assists with planning and coordinating external audit
• Internal control custodian
• Performs statutory returns, including tax related submissions
• Prepare monthly shareholder loan schedules, calculating interest and distribution of shareholder certificates
• Preparation of journals
• Maintenance of cashbook
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with managing month end and year-end financial processes
• Manages cash & asset administration

Requirements

• Matric
• BComm Accounting or Financial Management
• ACCA / CIMA / SAICA would be advantageous
• 10+ years’ relevant experience as an Accountant or in a Finance Department
• 3+ years performing a senior role within the accounting or finance department
• Exposure to consulting
• MS Office with advanced Excel skills