Overview
Senior Financial Manager Jobs in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: Senior Financial Manager
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Recruiter:
Hutech Head Office
Job Ref:
Estee 7
Date posted:
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Location:
midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Salary:
Market Related
SUMMARY:
- Financial reporting: ensuring the delivery of valid, accurate and complete financial accounting records,
- Financial operations: management of the financial administration department (i.e. banking facilities, payments, submission of returns etc)
POSITION INFO:
The Financial Manager is responsible for the following:
- A Bookkeeper
- Accounts Payable clerks
Qualifications and Experience:
- BCom Financial Accounting./CIMA/ CA(SA).
- 10 years’ experience in Manufacturing, experience in the manufacturing or automotive will be an advantage.
- Extensive and detailed knowledge of best practice accounting systems, policies, and procedures.
- MS Excel ERP Systems knowledge and experience.
Key performance areas:
Financial Reporting:
Oversee Creditors team who:
- Reconciles creditor’s accounts, follow-up on queries, request outstanding invoices and credit notes to ensure timely and accurate cost processing is up to date and payments occur according to agreement and procedure.
- Verify invoices against purchase orders/GRVs and resolve variances by liaising with supplier or buyer to initiate payment.
- Attend to supplier/buyer queries by investigating and resolving.
- Preparing payment requisitions. Loading of transactions in the banks. Drafting of payment schedules. Capturing of all bank transactions including but not limited to forex, petty cash and credit cards.
- Create new vendors and ensuring supporting documents are submitted for new vendor creation.
- Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations including but not limited to forex, payroll, and credit cards, WIP, and project accounting.
- Management and accounting of foreign exchange.
- Ensure the debtors ledger is accurate and reconciles to the general ledger.
- Reconcile debtors and all intercompany accounts monthly.
- Regularly following up on outstanding debtors.
- Record manual journals, where relevant and requested.
- Process monthly depreciation and maintain the fixed assets register.
- Liaise with Stores to ensure the accurate processing of goods received.
- Manage the inventory control process and ensure that stock on hand is accurately reflected on the balance sheet.
- Ensure expenses and other income are accurately reflecting in the applicable ledger.
- Process monthly accruals.
- Maintain the balance sheet and prepare monthly reconciliations.
- Maintain the income statement and prepare monthly income statement analysis.
- Prepare monthly management accounts.
- Monthly accounting of VAT and payroll.
- Accounting and filing of taxation.
- Ensure the accounting for any labour-related costs to WIP (projects)
- Managing financial accounting system errors and enhancements with the applicable service provider.
Financial operations:
- Prepare and issue customer invoices, credit notes and statements of account promptly and accurately.
- Assisting in cash flow forecasting.
- Administration of banking facilities and collection and payment processes.
- Monthly filing of VAT returns and payroll taxes.
- Assuming responsibility for the CAPEX processes and procedures.
- Prepare statutory returns where applicable.
Governance and Controls:
- File and maintain records of all source documents according to financial and audit requirements.
- Accountable for the financial year-end audit. Liaising with auditors to ensure annual audits are effectively performed. Attend to audit requests.
- Prepare reports, calculations, and documentation for any SARS audits.
- Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance to group, entity and regulatory regulations, processes, and policies.