Finance Controller - Southern Africa

OLE PURPOSE
\n Manage the overall controlling (Accounting, reporting of AR, AP, overheads and Taxes) of the company and maintain company s overall financial reporting systems.
\n ROLE SPECIFICATIONS
\n Ensure financial statements and books comply with Financial Reporting Standards
\n Custodian of accounting policies and procedures
\n Responsible for quarterly and annual statutory reporting and audit.
\n Balance sheet and general ledger hygiene, ownership of reconciliation process and procedures
\n Accounting for and preservation of current assets: cash, AR and advances and etc,
\n Ownership of accounting procedures and policies
\n Monitoring entity controls and compliance
\n Exercise oversight in management of working capitals
\n Tax Management and compliance
\n Insurance Management
\n Month end and year-end close activities
\n Responsibility for accounts payables
\n Responsibility for accounts receivables and credit control
\n Evaluating and managing risks
\n Develop mechanism to ensure filing of all relevant statutory returns
\n Ensure all applicable legislation are embedded in the Company s reporting processes
\n Comfortable with budgeting and forecasting
\n Peer review and benchmarking analysis
\n CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS
\n Qualification
\n The ideal candidate would have a Masters/Bachelor s degree in Finance/ Accounting or related field
\n Candidate should be a qualified Chartered Accountant ( ICAN/ACCA/CPA US)
\n Experience
\n 10+ years of experience
\n Past experience in Factory finance / Chief accountant roles would be preferred
\n Experience in FMCG/Pharma/Manufacturing will be preferred
\n Expertise especially in MS Word, MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint