We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join a dynamic and progressive team within the automotive industry.
Main job function
- Review all financial information, taking time to analyse numbers.
- Identifying drivers of certain transactions, dependencies of transaction on other numbers within a set of financial information.
- Identifying areas of over and under spend and being able to translate this data and information to presentable figures for senior management to understand.
- Review key financial indicators on a day-to-day basis based on information recorded and produced by the various finance teams at each location within the group.
- Ensure the accurate recording of financial information, accurate reporting from Evolve, and accurate stock information is provided to all levels of management.
- Review deal sheets to ensure accuracy and provide comment and feedback on areas for improvement in terms of creating more GP for the business.
- Create templates for monitoring monthly performance of each business unit within the group against budgets and forecasts.
- Ensure all accruals, provisions and cost of sales is accurately recorded for month end reporting.
- Analyse and report on month end balance sheet and income statement performance for each department within the group.
- In collaboration with each departments sales team as well as the executive team, develop budgets that are realistic and push the business to grow.
- These budgets are to be used to monitor performance against identifying variances and reporting on variances in terms of reasons behind and suggesting improvements to get back to budget.
- Budgets are to be updated every quarter to ensure the most realistic full year views are available for all financial information.
- In conjunction with the financial director, identify areas for cost saving, cost optimization and implement processes to achieve a set outcome within that cost structure
Qualifications
Completed relevant degree
CA (SA) will be advantageous
Experience/Criteria
- Must have auditing firm article experience.
- Proven experience in dealing with different levels of staff within an organization.
- Proven experience in dealing with complex accounting topics.
- Proven experience in analysing financial information.
- Proven experience in forecasting and budgeting.
- Must be a problem solver and be able to work independently to obtain the correct information needed for decision making.
A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.