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Financial Planning and Analysis:
- Develop, implement, and monitor financial plans, budgets, and forecasts.
- Execute extensive administrative work to prepare templates and gather business information for review and consolidation.
Cost Analysis and Control:
- Analyse costs, identify inefficiencies, and implement measures to optimize resource allocation and enhance profitability.
- Monitor BEE certified vendors, ensuring SLA compliance, and oversee contract renewals.
Management Reporting:
- Prepare timely and accurate management reports, including product income statements (e.g., IO and subscriptions), cost variance analysis, and performance metrics.
- Take over revenue analysis and collaborate with the FBP during and post-month-end for reporting and insights, providing a weekly revenue view through a "Flash report."
- Circulate the Flash report to stakeholders weekly or bi-weekly, depending on revenue frequency.
Strategic Planning and Decision Support:
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support decision-making on strategic initiatives, investments, and business opportunities.
- Support FBP in aligning with SMG strategic goals.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains within finance and across the organization.
- Maintain systems like Manage and SAP for streamlined reporting automation.
Administration:
- Collaborate with Credit control manager by reviewing and validating rate rises and rate card adjustments, with FBP having final sign-off alongside CEO, product, and sales.
- Drive BEE compliance initiatives and audit suppliers monthly with quarterly reporting.
- Manage month-end procedures, facilitate budgeting and forecasting support, and produce HOD reports.
- Prepare monthly finance decks and conduct bad debt analysis, including write-off packs for FBP approval.
- Track capex spend against all plans and participate in key project meetings.
- Support and own revenue reporting and analysis, ensuring contract adherence for revenue.
- Monitor BEE certified vendors and influence business to improve BEE levels for enhanced procurement scoring.
- Vet all new suppliers before the VRA and supplier onboarding process, considering admin tasks that could transition to the Management Accountant role.
- Conduct monthly discount reviews, campaign adherence reviews, and manage access reviews quarterly.
- Review commission structures, calculation processes, and revenue targets each quarter.
- Perform call tracker review and billing reconciliation to verify cancellations against customers.
- Develop comprehensive manuals documenting all finance processes and procedures for alignment with SAP and contingency planning.
- Address communication gaps in new processes introduced across departments and establish standard procedures for stakeholder alignment.
- Lead the creation and review of credit, write-off, and credit terms policies, alongside collections policies in collaboration with the Credit Controller.
- Handle legal queries efficiently by introducing segregation out of the Credit Control function.
Requirements:
- Relevant Finance Degree (B. Comm, CIMA, or equivalent) is essential.
- 3-5 years of financial accounting experience.
- Highly proficient in MS Excel for data analysis and interpretation.
- Working knowledge of SAP or related ERP systems.
- Deadline-driven and prepared to work extended hours when required.
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