• To perform financial planning for the IDC • Co-ordinate and facilitate budget process for the business and consolidate for IDC • To provide training and professional advice to relevant stakeholders within the IDC • Ensure compliance to statutory requirements (PFMA) Qualifications: • Relevant BCom Degree (with a finance related major) • MBA / MBL / Post-graduate degree advantageous • Proficiency in SAP • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint • Proficiency in Power BI or other data analysis tool would be an added advantage •Registration with relevant regulatory bodies e.g.
CA (SA), CIMA, SAIPA (Would be desirable) Experience •Budget and Forecasting (5-8 years†experience) • Cost Accounting and Cost Control (5-8 years†experience) • Financial Analytical skills • Financial Planning Implementation and Enhancement • PFMA reporting • Knowledge of SAP Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Warehouse (BW) • Loading Budget on SAP Strategic Alignment • Ensure that operational expenditure budget is alignment to the business strategy • Provide support and professional advice to the cost center owners, functional areas, HODs and executive management • Ensure timeous reporting of IDC Group Irregular and Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure to relevant governance structures Functional Operations Management • Preparation of operating expenditure budgets • Ensure that correct data is uploaded on SAP • Monthly monitoring of performance against budgets and conduct relevant cost analysis • Provide expert and professional advisory service to cost center owners • Prepare, review, and interpret performance reports to determine projections for the year end • Ensure accounting activities comply with relevant legal, professional, and ethical standards • Prepare monthly performance presentations for submission to relevant governance structures • Maintain and update systems and procedures and maintain a sound control environment • Prepare and consolidate Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure (IFWE) report for the Group • Prepare IFWE presentation for submission to relevant governance structures • Ensure compliance of the PFMA submissions (timeous and accurate) • Create and maintain cost and profit master data on SAP • Implement and maintain cost allocation methodologies • Attend to other ad-hoc requests LEARNING AND GROWTH • Innovative and continuous improvement on new ways of doing the work • To take ownership of Personal Development • To promote/participate in knowledge sharing with team members • Provide training to trainee CAâ€s • Active learning Stakeholder Management •Provide support and professional advice to the cost center owners, functional areas, HODs and executive management Reporting • Monthly and quarterly reporting of operational expenditure to relevant stakeholders and governance structures • Annual Budget reporting to relevant stakeholders and governance structures • Manage and co-ordinate the consolidation of IFWE reporting for the Group • Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements
