Financial Controller

Job Description

Red Ember Recruitment is seeking on behalf of our client a Financial Controller to join their team based in Franschhoek, Western Cape.

The Financial Controller will work under the guidance of the Financial Manager, providing critical financial control support across all business units. Ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of financial processes, reconciliations, and reporting. As an integral member of the Finance team, the Financial Controller is expected to demonstrate strong accounting and analytical skills, with in-depth knowledge of financial systems, payroll, and compliance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all invoices have approved orders attached, before processing and capturing on Sage Evolution.
• Perform 1st level review on supplier reconciliations on all suppliers reflected on age analysis.
• Loading of suppliers as beneficiaries on Nedbank site.
• Create payment requisitions and attach invoices, recon and Evolution supplier ledger to payment batches.
• Load payments into Nedbank and send to authorised team members to check and release (weekly and monthly payments).
• Petty cash count & reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring accurate and timely submission of payroll information (e.g. tips and commission schedules) to payroll department on a monthly basis.
• Preparing ad-hoc Customer invoices and ensuring the monthly billing cycle is done accurately and timeously.
• Assist with performing monthly spot checks on operational asset register lists and stock counted.
• Maintain accurate and up to date financial records.
• Sound knowledge of VAT processing and the implications thereof.
• Customs duty monthly submission.
• Audit, control and process all supplier invoices as per financial manual.
• Preparing full creditors audit file to be reviewed by senior Finance Team before external audit commences.
• Support the business as and when ad-hoc financial requests come in and provide information that is accurate, of a high standard and delivered within required timeframes.

Requirements

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