Main purpose of the job
A Financial Controller who will be tasked with overseeing day-to-day accounting functions, integrating finance operations, forecasting and budgeting, handling tax matters, preparing financial reports, and ensuring organisational financial stability.
Finance Operations
- Develop account reconciliations, journal entries, data compilation and analyses ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Develop regular financial statements, prepare special projects and perform analysis for senior management.
- Design periodical, weekly, and quarterly sales reports and administer general ledger reconciliations.
- Maintain accuracy in all asset files, balance sheets and provide support to all work
- Perform variation analyses for all technical accounting problems
- Manage schedule for all filing deadlines and assist to close all procedures and ensure compliance to procedural and reporting standards.
- Provide assistance to manage all ad hoc projects and assist management on all accounting activities.
- Monitoring and balancing cash flows into and out of a business to meet obligations and optimise investment.
- Ensuring invoices are properly approved and coded in the general ledger.
- Coordinating with external financial, compliance and tax auditors.
- Identifying efficiencies and opportunities for cost reductions across the business.
- Analysing financial data.
- Monitoring internal controls.
- Overseeing and preparing income statements.
- Streamlining accounting functions and operations.
- Developing financial strategy, including risk minimisation plans and opportunity forecasting
- Cash flow management
- Ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations
- Developing financial reviews
Reconciliation
- Perform verification and reconciliation of accounts.
- Process and reconcile transactions of complex nature.
- Process, verify and reconcile input documentation.
- Maintain appropriate files, reports, documentation and data.
- Reconcile and rectify customer ledger accounts.
- Reconcile accounts receivable records with sales invoices.
- Maintain regular contacts with internal and external customers.
- Reconcile and verify bank deposits and payments.
- Ensure follow-up action as and when necessary.
- Adhere to corporate standards and procedures in reconciliation clerical activities.
- Regular budget consolidation
- Providing financial reporting and analysis to guide decision-making.
- Ensuring the accurate and timely administration/completion of the reconciliation process in line with company policies and procedures
Reporting
- High-level financial reporting and analysis
- Developing financial reviews
- Preparing timely and error-free documentation that gives evidence of the organisation or company’s financial standing
- Protecting the integrity of the organisation reporting process by producing and maintaining correct and up-to-date financial statements and data
- Coordinating with various departments and monitoring annual and quarterly deliverables for external auditors
- Reviewing and analysing financial stats, data, and reports from various departments
Work collaboratively
- Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation
- Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams
- Build cooperation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication and collaboration across the organisation
- Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop joint solutions
Self-Management
- Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
- Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
- Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
- Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
- Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs
Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications & Experience required for this position
- Qualification in Accounting / Business or Finance is compulsory
- Knowledge of accounting practices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Functional Competencies
- Literacy – Have excellent reading, writing and interpersonal skills
- Pc Literacy – In-depth knowledge of Word, excel, email and Internet
- Administrative skills
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
- Strategy and Innovation
- Business Acumen
- Process Optimisation
- Accuracy and Attention to Detail
- Analytical skills
- Excellent Mathematical Skills
Essential
- Evaluating Problems
- Investigate Issues
- Problem Solving
- Building Relationships
- Communicating Information
- Showing Resilience
- Adjusting to Change
- Giving Support
- Processing Details
- Structuring Tasks
- Driving Success
Behaviors
- Energy
- Passion
- Respect for others
- Honest and Fair
- Positive Attitude
- Client Focus
- Tenacity
- Achieves Results
Leadership
- Demonstrate honesty and integrity
- Strive for Client Centricity
- Be agile and have the ability to adapt to change
- Build relationships and trust
- Be an agent of change
- Collaborative