Financial Controller
Reference: E.L001983-AK-1
Our client in the FMCG Industry is seeking a Financial Controller to their Finance Department in Port Elizabeth.
Duties & Responsibilities
Leadership:
- Successfully lead and motivate a team of clerks.
- Strive towards creating a work environment where Creditors Clerks can achieve goals and meet objectives.
Processing:
- Ensure that all processing deadlines are met.
- Ensure that all invoices / credit notes are correctly captured on Pastel / Syspro.
- Assist with processing if and should the need arise.
Reviewing of Reconciliations:
- Ensure that reconciliations are reviewed before submission to Managers / Directors.
- Assist Creditors Clerks with reconciliations when required.
Account Queries:
- Ensure that all queries on the accounts are kept to a minimum by assisting the Creditors Clerks where required.
- Analyze and provide feedback on all queries on a regular basis.
Cashflow and banking:
- Cashflow management for various Entities.
- Assist with SARB applications.
Stock control:
- Ensure that all stock movements are processed daily and that all stock is accounted for.
- Ensure that Stock Reports are up to date, balances with physical stock on hand and are sent out as required.
- Ensure that all stock related queries are kept to a minimum by assisting the Clerks where required.
- Analyze and provide feedback on all queries on a regular basis.
- Ensure that stock is costed correctly and accounted for accurately.
- Facilitate the administration of the monthly stock count.
Management accounts:
- Compile management accounts monthly.
- Assist with intercompany bill backs.
Reporting:
- Compile weekly management dashboard.
- Compile weekly / monthly reporting requested by management.
- Compile reports on forward contracts which have been entered into.
New Employees:
- Assist in the training of new employees added to the team when required.
- Assist with monthly review of Clerks’ performance.
Ad-Hoc:
- General ad-hoc duties as requested by management from time to time.
- All and any other related tasks and duties as required by the Employer from time to time.
Minimum Qualification and Experience:
- Matric / tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance.
- Min 5 years’ experience dealing with the financial aspects of Accounts Payable.
- 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar role supervising a team of Clerks.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills essential (VLOOKUP’s, Pivot tables etc.).
- Experience on systems such as Pastel / Syspro will be advantageous.
- Experience in reviewing and reconciling general ledger accounts.
- Proficient in the use of the MS Office suite.
- Experience in dealing with different currencies will be advantageous.
Soft Skills:
- Strong leadership skills.
- High attention to detail.
- Strong organisational skills (organized and methodical).
- Ability to multi-task.
- Team player.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Ability to handle pressure in reviewing large volumes of work.
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment.
- Proficient in meeting deadlines.
- Understand and display emotional intelligence.
- Strong work ethic.
- Ability to take instructions and follow standard operating procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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