Financial Manager

Job description

Financial Manager Purpose Your purpose is to assist in the completion and review of accurate & timely financial accounting and reporting for all group entities up to consolidated level. To assist with ensuring that relevant processes & internal controls are in place to facilitate Clickatell’s compliance with statutory, tax & legal requirements across the group. We Do The Right Things Responsibilities of the Role o Manage the completion of accurate and timely financial reporting for all group entities up to consolidated level. o Manage the entire month-end and year-end processes and timelines including the revaluations and consolidation process. o Perform monthly Trial Balance checks to ensure all month end processes have been completed. o Manage the external Financial Reporting and year-end Audit process. o Prepare the Audit Committee packs and keeping of minutes & action points. o Assist with the review of Flash and completion of Management Accounts with variance analysis. o Manage and provide leadership to the accounting processing/ finance operations teams and procedures; expenditure cycle (incl. A/P function) and cash management. o Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, ledger and account maintenance. o Manage the corporate cash and capital deployment. o Approval of large and out of budget purchase orders requiring significant cash outflows o Responsible for cash planning, cash flow forecast and treasury management to ensure sufficient cash is always available in the regions/subsidiaries as the business requires and to ensure that all financial obligations are met. o Review and approve the monthly payroll and quarterly KPO, plus calculate company financial KPO results. o Review & approve payment of all payroll related deductions. o Manage the financial accounting system (NAV) team to ensure financial system alignment with monthly finance needs such as reporting periods, adding of new GL accounts and cost centres. We Are On A Learning Journey Requirements of the Role o CIMA or CA(SA) qualified. Work Experience o 3 - 5 years’ experience in financial operations, reporting and treasury o Experience with Microsoft Dynamics (NAV) and IBM Cognos TM1 preferable. o Technology industry/ SAAS experience would be advantageous. o Knowledge and Abilities o Ability to collect and analyse information, problem-solve, identify decisions / options and communicate them with partners around the business. o Use data analysis to identify issues, spark thinking and propose solutions or options for solving complex problems. o The ability to take a ‘big picture’ view of a situation, to weigh it up quickly, make a logical, sound decision confidently in order to have a positive impact towards achieving the objectives of the organisation. o Ability to self-manage priorities and communicate well in a team environment to help ensure an efficient and enjoyable work environment – should be able to think ahead of what might be needed and help the financial operations and treasury team achieve great outcomes. o Able to work quickly and accurately when creating and reviewing pieces of work and identify errors or inconsistencies. o Convey information verbally and in writing to others in a simple and clear way