Senior Manager Finance – Centurion at MECS (Pty) Ltd

Job Description

• Lead towards the strategic management and alignment of the finance function
• Ensure the Integrity of financial (recording, treatment, disclosure) and management accounting (relevant, timeous, measurable and value add) information
• Create and maintain capacity (time, skill and physical people) within Finance in order to respond effectively to growth and development
• Ensuring financial statements are in compliance with applicable accounting standards (IFRS and GARP)
• Design and align financial management processes in response to the environment within which the company operates.

CA (SA)

• Financial management and reporting experience in the financial services sector with preference for treasury exposure.
• Minimum 5 years senior management experience, with proven experience managing a team
• Experience in IFRS and GRAP
• Manage and embed strategic alignment in response to growth and development
• Embed strategic alignment of Finance Team
• Ensure that Finance processes are integrated into the organisation
• Continually assess team capacity against changing business needs.
• Create and maintain relevant infrastructures, processes and systems, within Finance, as new projects are mandated.

Year End

• Play an oversight role over the entire year end process.
• Review the draft annual financial statements and ensure that they are prepared in accordance with the accounting standards.
• Present the Annual Financial Statements to EXCO, Board Committees and Board for approval
• Ensure that Annual financial statements are complete and accurate and free from errors resulting in an unqualified audit opinion.
• Liaison and co-ordination with external auditors.
• Discussion of and resolving of audit queries and adjustments.
• Annual Budget Cycle
• Oversight role over the entire budget process.
• Quality control over integrity of numbers and variance explanations.
• Present actual versus budget (current year) and new year budget to EXCO, Board Committees and Board for approval.
• People Management and development
• Be accountable for strategic alignment of the team
• Translate strategic alignment into understandable actions
• Create development opportunities to keep the team up to date, challenged and enthusiastic
• Responsible for overall team well-being
• Strategic Liaison and Assurance
• Quality and timeous liaison with stakeholders, external parties as well as with internal divisions.
• Prepare lessons learned on completed projects