Our well-established client in the pharmaceutical industry has a vacancy available for a Finance Manager based in Parktown.

Main Purpose of Job
• To ensure accurate financial results are prepared and presented at the end of each month
• Preparing cash flow forecasts and monitoring working capital movements
• Co-ordinating year-end audits
• Responsible for all tax and VAT calculations and submission
• Budget preparations
• Reviewing and signing off on creditors recons and payments

Key Performance Areas (Core, essential responsibilities –outputs of the position)

• Responsible for the full finance function of large trading entities and smaller property companies
• Preparation of the monthly management reporting pack
o Processing of all monthly journals for finalisation of the monthly pack
o Monthly processing of payroll journals
o Ensure that all balance sheet reconciliations are produced on an accurate and timely basis and to include bank reconciliations. Debtors, creditors, and all inter-company accounts
o Monitoring actual vs budget spend and analysing the variances
o Review of credit card pastel processing and allocations
o Responsible for system integrity checks
• Review of monthly supplier reconciliations for foreign and local suppliers
• Review and authorise of all local and foreign payments
• Responsible for loading new products on pastel
• Responsible for maintaining the chart of accounts on pastel

• Company Taxes (SARS)
o Follow up on SARS correspondence
o Reconciliation and completion and submission of VAT 201
o Completion and submission of EMP 201
o Reconciling and submission of EMP 501
o Attend to VAT and PAYE queries for all companies
o Income tax calculations for all companies
o Provisional tax calculations for all companies
o Drafting of letters for SARS objections, audits queries, provisional taxes

• Financial Audit
o Collation of all supporting documents for Annual financial statements
o Preparation and review of Annual Financial statements
o Manage annual financial audits for all companies and liaising with auditors.


• Conducting daily huddles with staff
• Liaising with banks on queries where necessary
• Stringent and detailed cash flow management including weekly cash flow forecasts
• Annual Budget preparation
• Implement, maintain, and improve financial controls, policies and procedures and systems where necessary. Mapping processes on sweet process.
• Responsible to implement and maintain the companies operating system

Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION

• CA (SA) or CIMA

EXPERIENCE.
• Post articles experience – min 5 years outside of auditing

SKILLS/PHYSICAL COMPETENCIES
• Advanced Excel

BEHAVIOURAL QUALITIES
• Good people skills
• Analytical mindset
• Drive, sense of urgency
• Attention to detail



Please attach cv, qualification, id and driver's license