Financial Controller - - Johannesburg

Our client in the Financial Services industry is currently looking for a Financial Controller/Accountant, in Bryanston.

Responsibilities:

Capturing of monthly general journals.
Reconciliation of ledger accounts.
Analysis of monthly variances.
Processing payroll journals.
Management of revenue and expense accruals/provisions.
Processing of fair value adjustments on investments.
Recovery of expenses.
Loan amortizations and capturing of interest.
Revaluation of foreign currency translations.
Review of intercompany loans and balancing thereof.
Fee calculations.
Preparation and review of monthly management accounts i.e., income statement, balance sheet, trial balance and relevant notes.
Reporting on monthly management accounts.
Management of Debtors Age Analysis.
Raising and collection of all revenue from various streams.
Implementing revenue collection process.
Providing weekly status updates on customer age analysis and collections.
Forecasting cash inflow from debtors.
Monthly Revenue Billing.
Capturing of high volumes of sales invoices in various foreign currencies, ensuring completeness and accuracy of the sales.
Issuing of customer statements.
Verification of revenue being raised.
Performing a variance analysis and reporting on revenue movement.
Allocation of revenue to the correct period (income received in advance, deferred revenue)
Debtors Collection:
Reporting on weekly debtors age analysis.
Implementation and maintenance of an efficient and effective collection process.
Following up on outstanding debtors.
Dealing with customer queries/internal queries.
Building strong customer relationships.
Forecasting cash inflow from debtors.
Reconciliations and Intergroup Transactions.
Liaising with Finance Manager to ensure the correct allocations of cashbooks processed.
Weekly customer reconciliations.
Confirmation of debtors balances on a quarterly basis.
Output VAT to revenue reconciliation.
Working with the Subsidaries finance team on rebates and intercompany charges.
Assisting with cost allocation between the two businesses.
Management of Creditors Age Analysis.
Overseeing the raising and payment of all supplier invoices.
Overseeing supplier payment process.
Overseeing weekly status updates on supplier age analysis and payments.
Overseeing forecast cash outflows from suppliers.
External Audit:
Preparation of necessary documents required for the external audit.
Facilitation of the audit process in collaboration with the rest of the finance department.
Attending to all audit queries.
Statutory Reporting.
Recon submission and payment of the following:
VAT.
Income tax.
Provisional tax.
IT14SD and other SARS queries FSCA reporting of the following:
Liquidity calculation.
Capital adequacy requirement.
Assets under management (AUM) reporting.
Profit share calculation.
Calculation of profit share.
Monthly Payroll.
Processing of monthly payroll payments and bi-annual profit share.
Implementing and monitoring internal controls in within the finance function and the larger team.
Assisting with consulting-based accounting work for affiliated companies as required by the Financial and Operations Manager.
Reviewing fund accounting on various internal products.
Perform adhoc tasks delegated by the Financial and Operations Manager.

Requirements:

Postgraduate qualification in Accounting or relevant qualification.
Preference for someone registered with a professional accounting body (SAICA, CIMA, SAIPA) or has FS experience.
5 years experience in a similar role in the Financial Services industry.
Proficiency in Xero will be preferred.
High proficiency in the Microsoft suite (in particular Excel)
Ability to showcase taking ownership and accountability.
Overall positive attitude, curious mind and willingness to put up their hand to help the team.

Remuneration: