Overview
Assistant Manager Finance Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa at Capita
This role requires a confident and outgoing individual, who will lead, guide, and motivate a team of Finance Managers to carry out business finance roles and responsibilities. The person must be willing to build strong relationships and must be comfortable providing both support and challenge to the business leads.
Job Description
This role will report directly to the Head of Finance and have a functional reporting relationship with the respective UK Finance Director and wider finance team.
Will be responsible for the month-end closure, accounting (IFRS), controls, contract lifetime reviews, review pricing model, analysis reconciliation and producing reports for review bysenior management. This role will have significant business partnering requirements, with day-to-day verbal and writtencommunicationwith both the finance team, and wider business organization to include Sales and Operational Business Unit leads.
The role will support in finalizing BU financial information prior to submission toSenior Leadershipteam.
Professional Know-how
CA(SA)
Experience:
Years’ experience in analysis, accounting & management reporting role
Working Relationships Internal:
Internal Stakeholders
Business lines, functions
Senior managementteam
Group Finance team
Client Partner
External:
End Client (wherever required)
Auditors
Business FD’s
Group stakeholders
Primary Responsibilities
Lead, guide, motivate a team of Finance Managers to carry out business finance roles and responsibilities
Business Partnering with Sales and Operational leads in the Business. This will involve significant daily interaction with colleagues to provide accurate forecasting as well as understanding the key financial implications of the actions of the business.
Produce accurate forecasts of costs and benefits.
Review reported performance against targets and ensure that the key drivers of variances are explained.
Ensure revenue invoices are in line with contract and resolve queries.
Review forecast against Business Plan and previous forecast targets and ensure key drivers of variances are explained. Hold monthly meetings with the business and verbally explain the variances.
Support onshore with management information and finance decision support as part of their growth plans.
Support 100% cost recovery through utilisation, cost control, FTE mix and management of the chargeable rate card.
Produce accurate and timely monthly reporting. Ensure accurate representation of the P&L, post all required ledger entries along with reconciliations of all Working capital, WIP, DI, Accruals and Prepayments, and maintain cash flow reconciliations.
Deliver monthly scheduled and ad-hoc reporting to tight deadlines.
Provide pricing and business case support as required.
Assist the onshore finance team in streamlining existing processes and designing new reports and processes where necessary. Be proactive in providing feedback and the delivery of ideas to develop and improve solutions.
Lead in calls with the onshore stakeholders, liaising with internal / external auditors during annual / half yearly closures.
Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection guidelines.
Lead and train team members on various tasks and oversight of their responsibilities.
Consolidation of reports for delivery/country lead.
People management of FM’s.
Manage any escalation from HOF.
Resiliencefor FM.
Work closely with HOF business b…
Title: Assistant Manager Finance
Company: Capita
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Category: Finance & Banking, Management
