Financial Controller

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting and Control

• Oversee the month -end close process,
  ensuring timely, complete, and accurate management
  accounts.
  
• Maintain integrity of the General Ledger and ensure alignment with sub -ledgers.
  
• Lead preparation of balance sheet
  reconciliations and monthly review packs for
  management.
  
• Prepare annual financial statements and
  coordinate external audits to deliver clean
  outcomes.
  
• Enforce internal controls across journal
  entries, user access, approvals, and system integrity.
  
• Ensure accounting policies and procedures are properly documented, communicated, and adhered to.
  

Tax, Compliance and Statutory Reporting

• Oversee compliance with VAT, PAYE, and
  corporate income tax requirements.
  
• Maintain readiness for audit and support all
  compliance and statutory reporting cycles.
  

Operational Finance Oversight

• Supervise Accounts Payable, Bank &
  Cash, and Expense Control teams to ensure process
  efficiency and adherence to policy.
  
• Govern the ERP finance environment,
  ensuring accurate configuration, posting controls, and audit
  trails.
  
• Maintain 13 -week cash inflow forecasting,
  track Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) performance and
  coordinate rebate cash -out timing with Finance and FP&A
  teams to optimise cash flow.
  

Business Partnering and Process
Improvement

• Partner with the CFO and FP&A to support
  budgeting, forecasting, and reporting (input -level
  involvement).
  
• Drive initiatives to strengthen financial
  discipline, automation, and reporting accuracy.
  
• Support ongoing finance transformation, systems
  upgrades, and process documentation projects.
  

Key Outcomes / Success Measures

• Accurate and compliant management accounts and
  financial statements.
  
• Clean annual audits and on -time statutory
  submissions.
  
• Efficient and controlled payables and cash
  management processes.
  
• Strengthened control environment and ERP
  governance.
  

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• CA(SA) or equivalent professional
  qualification.
  
• 5–8 years’ post -articles experience in financial
  control, audit, or corporate accounting.
  
• Proven experience managing financial close, tax
  compliance, and audit processes.
  
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS and South
  African regulatory frameworks.
  
• ERP experience essential; Syspro or equivalent
  preferred.
  
• FMCG, retail, or distribution sector experience
  advantageous.
  

Competencies

• Detail -oriented, disciplined, and
  control -focused.
  
• Strong technical accounting and analytical
  skills.
  
• High level of integrity and professional
  accountability.
  
• Effective communicator and team leader.
  
• Proactive problem solver with continuous
  improvement mindset.
  

Benefits