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- Management Accountant
- Finance Manager
- Process Manager: Stock Management
- Senior Manager: Tax
- Settlement and Reconciliation Clerk
- Finance Systems Support Analyst
Management Accountant
JOB DESCRIPTION
The opportunity:
The Management Accountant is a vital role in ensuring the optimal performance of the finance function within the Service Divisions (Group Store Development and TFG Facilities Management).
They will provide critical support to the Finance Business Partner, enabling informed decision-making and strategic business outcomes.
Key responsibilities will include preparing and analysing financial data, extracting insights, and contributing to value-added initiatives that drive business growth and profitability. The Management Accountant’s expertise will be instrumental in shaping financial management practices, identifying opportunities for improvement, and informing strategic decisions that impact the organization’s success.
This encompasses support in relation to the financial management and value-adding activities undertaken by the Finance Business Partner
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparation and/or analysing management reports and financial performance for operational, Capital and Project expenditure
- Analyse standard monthly management reports,
- Analyse Service/maintenance contract variance
- Assist with the Rent/Utilities and Depreciation budgets
- Assist with Store Project/Asset reconciliations,
- Analyse projects/Asset for correct allocations, as well as ensuring correct tax deductions
- Assist with projections/ budgets/ forecasts & month end
- Assist with integrated financial planning
- Perform sundry cost centre management activities
- Prepare or assist with ad hoc or tailored financial reports required by management or Board members
- Oversight of actualised and forecasted Store Build rates
- Assist with collation and preparation of Capex/Project presentations for Divisional Ops and HOB
- Assist with cost analysis to identify cost saving opportunities
- Oversight of various recharges
Qualifications and Experience:
- BCom Degree in Management Accounting or equivalent. CIMA qualification will be advantageous.
- Proven experience of 5 years in management accounting.
- Strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial analysis techniques.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic environment with changing priorities and tight deadlines.
Finance Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION
The opportunity:
We are looking for a skilled and experienced Finance Manager to join the IT division. The Finance Manager will be responsible for overseeing financial aspects related to the IT operations and initiatives and leading a team. This also encompasses support in relation to the commercial and value-adding activities undertaken by the Finance Business Partner.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with IT and finance teams to implement best practices, standardized procedures, and automated solutions for financial management and reporting.
- Providing financial insight and analysis on IT cost allocation to the business which impacts performance of the organisation.
- Ownership of accurate and timely transactional processing and financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting at the divisional level, as required by the business.
- Prepare timely and accurate financial reports for IT management, executive leadership, and other stakeholders, including variance analysis.
- Support the Business Partner in analysing management reports and financial performance of the division against its specific targets, previous years, and non-financial data.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting standards.
- Manage and optimize IT-related costs, including licenses, subscriptions, and external services.
- Understand IT cost allocations to the business and drive resolution of queries from the business of the charges.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings, efficiency improvements, and resource optimization within the IT division.
- Lead a team, providing guidance, coaching, and support to foster professional growth and development.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the finance team.
- Management/Execution of ad hoc projects.
- Approval of journals in SAP.
- Review of balance sheet reconciliations.
- Investigation of and resolving ad-hoc queries
Qualifications and Experience:
- BCom Degree in Financial/ Management Accounting or equivalent. CIMA or CA(SA) qualification will be advantageous.
- Proven experience (>5 years) in financial management, budgeting, and analysis, preferably in the IT industry or technology-driven organizations.
- Strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial analysis techniques.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Proficiency in financial modelling, Excel and financial management systems (e.g. SAP ERP & SAP BPC, BI Tools).
- Effective communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop a team.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic environment with changing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development to stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in finance and technology.
Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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Process Manager: Stock Management
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key Responsibilities
- Management and coordination of the Stock Administration and Process teams.
- Engagement with Operations, Merchandising, Logistics and IT Management on stock-related policies,
support requirements and SLAs. - Oversight and reporting of service performance to SLAs
- Operational reporting on queries, issue types and trends.
- Oversight of stock process management including stock take application, burglary and loss handling, and claims handling.
- Oversight of stock-related administrative support, including stock process monitoring, query handling and issue resolution.
- Identification of process improvement opportunities.
- Engagement with Operations, Logistics, Business and IT on implementing process improvements.
- Involvement and monitoring as a key stakeholder in any process projects affecting stock.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (Internal Audit / Finance / Finance Systems) [Mandatory]
- 5+ Years’ experience Post Qualification
- Exposure to stock systems and stock tracking (Advantageous)
Skills
- Personal attributes
- Finance Systems
- Deadline driven
- Team player
- Motivated
- Attention to detail
- Ability to problem solve
- Ability to influence
- Flexible to adapt to changes
Behaviours
- Builds Effective Teams – forms, develops and leads a group of individuals toward the achievement of a common team objective
- Builds Networks – establishes and nurtures internal and external relationships in order to create robust, and mutually beneficial, partnerships
- Business Insight – applies market and business insights in order to drive organisational objectives
- Communicates Effectively – conveys information and communicates ideas in a clear, concise and impactful manner
- Customer Focus – understands, anticipates, and meets the needs and expectations of customers
- Directs work – effectively plans, organises and directs the activities of individuals or teams to achieve desired outcomes
- Ensures Accountability – takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets
- Plans and Aligns – develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives
Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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Senior Manager: Tax
JOB DESCRIPTION
Tax Policy, Compliance, Process and Systems management
- Develop and design tax policies and guidelines for the Group.
- Taxes covered: VAT, income tax, withholding taxes (dividends and royalties), carbon tax, transfer pricing, capital gains tax and employees’ tax.
- Update and amend policies as per tax amendments.
- Update all relevant tax and financial systems (e.g., SAP) as required.
- If required, ensure that the supporting systems are updated /designed to support changes to policy.
- Advise and communicate all tax and policy changes to all relevant stakeholders.
- Evaluate and advise all relevant stakeholders of any tax associated risks and exposure that could impact the Group.
- Process all tax returns relevant to the operations serviced within the Group.
- Ensure the adherence to all returns and payments (e.g., VAT, Corporate tax, etc.).
- Manage all external stakeholders and their interests in all tax related matters for the Group.
- Manage all reporting for tax within the Group.
- Manage activities related to transfer pricing. Conducting regular internal review of transfer pricing policies in accordance with the latest tax regulation developments. Providing advice on transfer pricing implications of new business initiatives. Supporting transfer pricing audits, including responding to tax authorities on matters or queries relating to transfer pricing. Handling transfer pricing analysis and reporting.
- Ensure the efficient handling and resolution of audit queries.
- Identifies Tax risks and issues and proposes solutions.
- Determine tax savings and recommend strategies to improve profits.
- Perform all related tax accounting functions:
- Perform tax related ledger reconciliations and accounts maintenance as necessary.
- Prepare the group consolidation tax note and tax rate reconciliation.
- Budgeting and forecasting.
- Manage the current and deferred tax processes.
- Account for all tax (direct and indirect) provisions.
- Prepare tax returns, payments, necessary paperwork and reports in respect of corporate income tax for group companies.
Support Treasury activities
- Administer all tax requirements/returns for cash payments.
- Perform the intercompany Loans and Deposits process to ensure tax compliance.
Leadership
- Oversee talent management for direct reports in terms of recruitment, retention and development.
- Oversee the performance management and development of all shared service staff.
- Ensure adherence to shared service performance management requirements, ensuring continuous
- performance feedback to and development of direct reports.
- Ensure that all staff are motivated, developed, and appraised so that individual and collective
- performance meets the needs of the customers.
Stakeholder Relationships
- Manage relationship with Finance in business, Finance CoE’s and the Finance Shared Services.
- Ensure the engagement with relevant internal and external stakeholders within TFG.
- Manage the relationship with relevant tax authorities and audit firms within South Africa.
- Coordinate outsourced tax preparation work.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Qualified CA(SA) with a post graduate qualification in Tax.
- Prior experience or demonstrated proficiency with leading a Tax team, holding at least 5 years of experience and consultancy background
- Proven advisory and compliance experience across direct tax, indirect tax, international tax and transfer pricing.
Skills:
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong business communication skills with an ability to work well in a collaborative environment with senior executives
- Ability to draft commentary, analyse information to establish key messages, present information both visually and written
Behaviours:
- Applies market and business insights in order to drive organisational objectives
- Consistently makes timely, well-rounded and informed decisions
- Takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets
- Understands and applies financial concepts and principles to make informed financial decisions
- Inspires trust and gains the confidence of others by displaying honesty and integrity
- Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems
- Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes
- Understands and navigates dynamics created by processes, systems, and people
- Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long-term goals and objectives of the organisation
Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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Settlement and Reconciliation Clerk
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Settlement and Reconciliation Clerk will be responsible for ensuring deliverables are executed as per the time and quality standards agreed in the Record to Report SLAs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigating and resolving all exceptions related to stores cash banking (SA and cross border stores)
- Investigating and resolving all exceptions related to stores EFT banking (cross border stores)
- Investigating and resolving all unknown bank entries
- Daily Reconciliation of Integrated EFT transactions
- Investigation and resolving all Integrated EFT Exceptions
- Liaising with the banks to resolve any queries
- Liaising with stores and the operations divisions
- Process correcting journals in SAP
- Ad hoc related tasks that may arise
Qualifications and Experience:
- Matric
- 2 years’ experience in a finance/admin environment
- Have reconciliation experience – essential
- SAP experience – essential
Skills:
- Reconciliation and Analysis
- Debt Management
- Accounting and Reporting
- Auditing
- Cash Management
- Financial Risk Management
- Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong business communication skills with an ability to work well in a collaborative environment with senior executives
- Ability to draft commentary, analyse information to establish key messages, present information both visually and written
Behaviours:
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, decision making, interpersonal relations, problem solving, teamwork & written communication
- Comfortable and effective influencer.
- You need to be flexible as the environment is very dynamic and priorities can change.
- Sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes to deliver measurable results
- Adapts effectively to situations that are complex, uncertain, or lack guidelines and clear information
- Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems
- Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes
- Develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives
- Effectively adjusts their behaviour, approach, and decision-making based on the situation
- Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long-term goals and objectives of the organisation
Finance Systems Support Analyst
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for an ambitious and motivated professional to join our Finance Projects and Systems Centre of Excellence in Cape Town.
To ensure stability and service delivery of the SAP finance production system. Working closely with business to ensure stability of the systems environment and analysing and resolving issues that may arise.
First and second line support for the following areas: Invoice to Cash, Accounts Payable, Record to Report, Projects and Fixed Assets and Real Estate. Responsible for upskilling users and transferring knowledge.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the finance systems business processes and integrations into SAP ERP
- Develop a deep understanding of TFG’s financial systems and processes,
- Proactively investigate and resolve complex financial system discrepancies, delivering exceptional service to all stakeholders
- Support invoice automation solutions, with OCR technology
- Ensure optimal performance and stability of finance solutions
Incident Management – Business Process, Integration & Reconciliation
- Problem solving and root cause analysis to identify suitable solutions to resolve the incidents
- Providing timely responses to queries
- Report any errors and issues to the key stakeholders related to finance applications
- System integration and data reconciliation queries support and investigations
- Troubleshoot integration issues, trace the root cause, and identify improvements
- Support the finance reconciliation solutions (Alteryx)
- Ensure that business and system requirements for small enhancements are adequately met and implemented through working closely with users at all levels
Conduct System Maintenance, Security and UAT
- Develop effective and efficient test plans
- Conduct the user acceptance testing and identify errors within the system
- Assist with reviewing the risk and impact of testing defects
- Assist super users in testing
- Work with the business to ensure readiness for the upgrades
System Support and Training
- Support of financial systems users on the current business processes
- Develop and maintain the user guides and manuals (Standard Operating Procedures)
- Assist with change management relating to new systems or processes or changes to systems or processes.
- Management and maintenance of user access
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Collaboration with internal stakeholders to provide solutions to problems
- Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders
- Provide feedback on progress
Qualification and Experience
- Degree in Finance / Accounting / Business
- SAP experience is desirable
- 3 – 5 years functional experience in Finance Information Systems
Skills
- In depth understanding of financial systems and integration of transactions
- Understanding systems maintenance
- Analytical skills
- Deadlines and results driven
- Ability to work under pressure
- Problem solving abilities
- Strong communication skills both verbal and in presentations
Behaviours
- Business Insight – applies market and business insights in order to drive organisational objectives
- Communicates Effectively – conveys information and communicates ideas in a clear, concise and impactful manner
- Decision Quality – consistently makes timely, well-rounded and informed decisions
- Ensures Accountability – takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets
- Financial Acumen – understands and applies financial concepts and principles to make informed financial decisions
- Manages Complexity – interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems
- Optimizes Work Processes – assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes
- Tech Savvy – leverages new technology to enhance productivity, improve problem solving, and support business growth
Preference will be given, but not limited to, candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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All the best with your applications.
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