Financial Manager

This is a remote position.

• Review of Monthly Management Reports including signing off on all review files, and reconciliation for both income statement and balance sheet schedules.
  
• Inter-company billing calculations to ensure appropriate billing across entities and in line with contracts (includes review of prepayments and accruals to ensure all costs are billed).
  
• Review of all Monthly Finance Reports for universities.
  
• Ensure that all accounting is in line with the Group’s accounting policies and procedures.
  
• Ensure standardisation of reporting and schedules across all entities is maintained.
  
• Prepare monthly management reports for the Board pack for CFO.
  
• Audit:
  

• First review of all audit files.
  
• Ensure all audit files are in the manner required for annual audits.
  
• Ensure audit files and all supporting schedules are in the standardised format to ensure ease of consolidation for group accounts.
  

• Payments:
  

• Review of payments both external and group.
  
• Ensure that all payments are run through the PO system and drive the implementation of this system.
  

• Review month-end journals. Prepare and capture journals if needed.
  
• Capex:
  

• Review fixed asset register and intangible asset register maintenance.
  
• Ensure any course development has been capitalised in the accounting records and appropriate amortisation and been applied. WIP requires monthly reconciliation and review.
  

• First review of monthly payroll of 2 group companies.
  
• Tax:
  

• First review of Monthly VAT submission, and EMP payroll submissions
  
• First review of Income Tax Returns both ITR14 and Provisional Tax Returns, statutory annual returns.
  
• Create the monthly corporate tax schedule for the relevant entities that will become the quarterly and annual disclosure support.
  

• Debtors control reporting assistance to the sales department
  
• Sales reconciliations management
  
• Project accounting processing including individual project Income Statement reports and reconciliations.
  
• Margin analysis and variance analysis.
  
• Cash flow forecasting.
  
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and updating monthly forecasts.
  
• Ensure prompt and accurate month-end and year-end close processes.
  
• Overseeing accounting operations such as accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger entries.
  
• Consolidation of group management reports.
  
• Assisting CFO with the management of the finance team.
  

• Requirements:
  

• B Com (Accounting) with completed Articles with CTA/Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting or Honours Degree in Accounting.
  
• AGA (SA), CA (SA), CIMA, ACCA or equivalent would be advantageous.
  

• Skills & Experience:
  

• Minimum 2 years Financial Manager experience in similar size companies.
  
• At least 1 year experience working with Xero accounting software.
  
• Consolidation experience.
  
• Knowledge of IFRS.
  
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  
• Demonstrable success in working in fast growth, entrepreneurial businesses.
  
• Excellent written / oral communications skills.
  
• Highly flexible – the ability to live and act in a climate of change.
  
• Passionate about delivering an outstanding service.
  
• High integrity and a genuine approach treating all colleagues with respect
  
• Able to demonstrate long term commitment and contribution to business success.
  
• Self-motivated with strong initiative. Meet and exceed all that is required of you in your job.
  
• Highly computer literate and comfortable with basic technical aspects of common operating systems.
  
• Competent professional business written and verbal communications skills
  
• The ability to express yourself clearly and effectively within the company
  
• Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills. Disciplined approach by being punctual, getting back to customers, suppliers, and internal staff, and returning calls.
  
• Attention to detail while maintaining the ability to see the implications for the bigger picture.
  
• An ability to respond quickly and accurately to requests.
  
• A creative outlook with a problem-solving attitude.
  
• Aligned with Masterstart’s zero-tolerance approach to corrupt business. activities and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our dealings with all stakeholders.
  

• Access to our portfolio of courses for personal and professional development
  
• Salary is market related and based on previous experience.
  
• Ability to work remotely for the majority of the time, travelling into the office in Cape Town as needed.