Overview
Financial Operations and Reporting Lead Jobs in Port Elizabeth, South Africa at Headhunters
Our client, a well-established and prominent group operating across multiple business sectors, is seeking to employ an experienced Financial Operations and Reporting Lead; to join their team based in Newton Park, Port Elizabeth.
CA(SA), ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent professionally qualified accountant secures and is non negotiable.
An awesome career opportunity awaits!
Requirements:
- CA(SA), ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent professionally qualified accountant
- 6-8 years’ experience required
- Strong grounding in IFRS / local GAAP applied at group level
- Solid understanding of tax legislation, deferred tax, and loss utilisation
- Proven exposure to banking covenants, funding structures, and audits
- Group-level finance (multiple legal entities)
- Hands-on monthly and quarterly close
- Consolidations, eliminations, and intercompany management
- Operating within regulated or capital-intensive environments
- Experience supporting executive management, boards, lenders, and auditors
Responsibilities:
Financial Operations and Reporting
- Ownership of group reporting and data integrity from Business Central
- Automate key financial drivers (valuations, covenants, working capital, budgets)
- Automated monitoring of debtors and cash cycles
- Standardisation of reporting packs across entities
Quarterly Consolidation
- Full group consolidation (financial + performance view)
- Alignment of intercompany, eliminations, and reporting consistency
Tax Loss Utilisation Strategy
- Develop and execute plan to optimise group tax losses
- Align legal entity performance with tax efficiency
Covenants and Working Capital
- Monitor bank covenants (system-driven)
- Drive working capital performance (debtors, creditors, cash conversion)
- Ensure integrity of valuation inputs supporting covenants
M and A / Strategic Support
- Support valuations, funding structures, and commercial analysis
- Provide technical backbone for transactions
Risk and Audit Tracking
- Consolidate high-risk items across all subsidiaries
- Track and drive resolution of audit findings
- Escalate critical risks to CEO
- Drive completion across divisions
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not receive feedback within two weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Title: Financial Operations and Reporting Lead
Company: Headhunters
Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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