Financial Controller

The financial controller is responsible for the daily finance operations of all shipments allocated to them.
This involves invoicing clients, processing invoices received from suppliers and overall cost management and profit maximisation.
The finance team liaises with various shipping providers, suppliers and clients primarily over email and when required, over the phone in a timely and professional manner.
On a practical level, this role also involves: Receipt of cash and bank reconciliation Management of debtors and processing of payments Management of shipments from a finance perspective The need exists for an additional team member to deal with the number of new clients signed, thus resulting in an increase in volume of transactions.
The financial controller will also be working with other roles in the relevant business unit and finance team.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE University Undergraduate Degree (BCom Accounting/Finance) Honours Degree Advantageous Excellent High School Results (2-5 distinctions and >65% for Mathematics) REQUIRED SKILL SET Excellent command of English Detail-driven Admin-orientated Great interpersonal skills Solution-driven Problem-solving ability Willingness to learn and develop Comfortable with change