Financial Controller
Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
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Job Summary
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting and Control
- Oversee the month-end close process ensuring timely complete and accurate management accounts.
- Maintain integrity of the General Ledger and ensure alignment with sub-ledgers.
- Lead preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and monthly review packs for management.
- Prepare annual financial statements and coordinate external audits to deliver clean outcomes.
- Enforce internal controls across journal entries user access approvals and system integrity.
- Ensure accounting policies and procedures are properly documented communicated and adhered to.
Tax Compliance and Statutory Reporting
- Oversee compliance with VAT PAYE and corporate income tax requirements.
- Maintain readiness for audit and support all compliance and statutory reporting cycles.
Operational Finance Oversight
- Supervise Accounts Payable Bank & Cash and Expense Control teams to ensure process efficiency and adherence to policy.
- Govern the ERP finance environment ensuring accurate configuration posting controls and audit trails.
- Maintain 13-week cash inflow forecasting track Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) performance and coordinate rebate cash-out timing with Finance and FP&A teams to optimise cash flow.
Business Partnering and Process Improvement
- Partner with the CFO and FP&A to support budgeting forecasting and reporting (input-level involvement).
- Drive initiatives to strengthen financial discipline automation and reporting accuracy.
- Support ongoing finance transformation systems upgrades and process documentation projects.
Key Outcomes / Success Measures
- Accurate and compliant management accounts and financial statements.
- Clean annual audits and on-time statutory submissions.
- Efficient and controlled payables and cash management processes.
- Strengthened control environment and ERP governance.
Qualifications and Experience
- CA(SA) or equivalent professional qualification.
- 58 years post-articles experience in financial control audit or corporate accounting.
- Proven experience managing financial close tax compliance and audit processes.
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS and South African regulatory frameworks.
- ERP experience essential; Syspro or equivalent preferred.
- FMCG retail or distribution sector experience advantageous.
Competencies
- Detail-oriented disciplined and control-focused.
- Strong technical accounting and analytical skills.
- High level of integrity and professional accountability.
- Effective communicator and team leader.
- Proactive problem solver with continuous improvement mindset.
Required Skills:
Qualifications and Experience CA(SA) or equivalent professional qualification. 58 years post-articles experience in financial control audit or corporate accounting. Proven experience managing financial close tax compliance and audit processes. Strong working knowledge of IFRS and South African regulatory frameworks. ERP experience essential; Syspro or equivalent preferred. FMCG retail or distribution sector experience advantageous. Competencies Detail-oriented disciplined and control-focused. Strong technical accounting and analytical skills. High level of integrity and professional accountability. Effective communicator and team leader. Proactive problem solver with continuous improvement mindset.
