Finance Manager

The ideal candidate is an analytical and compliance -driven finance professional who excels in a structured, deadline -oriented environment. Operating in a hybrid model, you will provide the guidance necessary to keep daily transactional accounting seamless, while delivering high -level financial insights directly to executive management.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Oversight & Leadership: Manage, mentor, and review the daily outputs of four internal bookkeepers to ensure accuracy across all transactional accounting functions.
  

• Management Accounting: Prepare and compile comprehensive monthly management accounts, variance analyses, and financial reports for executive leadership.
  

• Ledger Integrity: Oversee trial balance reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, and complex ledger adjustments to maintain absolute data integrity.
  

• Systems Administration: Optimise workflows and manage financial tracking within the WeConnect platform.
  

• Advanced Data Analysis: Utilise advanced Excel modeling to track estate revenue streams, levy collections, operational budgets, and cash flow forecasting.
  

• Compliance & Statutory Reporting: Oversee tax compliance, statutory submissions, and ensure the finance team adheres strictly to accounting standards and internal controls.
  

• Audit Preparation: Coordinate and lead the year -end audit process, acting as the primary liaison for external auditors.
  

Requirements

• Proven Leadership: 3–5+ years of experience in a Senior Accountant or Assistant Financial Manager role, with a proven track record of supervising junior finance staff or bookkeepers.
  

• Advanced Technical Skills: Mastery of Advanced Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, complex formulas, and data modeling) and the broader Microsoft Office Suite.
  

• Software Competence: Experience with, or the technical aptitude to quickly master, WeConnect financial software.
  

• Analytical Capability: Exceptional attention to detail with strong reconciliation and numerical problem -solving skills.
  

• Communication: Professional verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to lead team meetings and present to management.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary finance qualification (e.g., BCom Accounting, Advanced Diploma in Financial Accounting, or Professional Accountant SAIPA registration.
  

• Previous financial experience within property management
  

Required Software Skills

• WeConnect (Highly Beneficial)
  

• Advanced Microsoft Excel  - Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  

Benefits

• Balanced lifestyle with structured working hours (08:00 AM – 04:00 PM).
  
• Hybrid Flexibility: 3 days remote / 2 days in -office per week.
  
• Stable, prestigious working environment