**Cedar Wood Recruitment is now recruiting for a Financial Controller at a big 5 private reserve near Hluhluwe (KZN).
The client is an internationally acclaimed tour and safari destinations operator.
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***Key Performance Areas**
Includes but not limited to:
- Accurate recording and management of financial information for all business units and entities
- Maintaining and improving high financial standards and discipline
- Management, mentorship and training of financial co-ordinator and finance trainee
- Meeting finance deadlines
- Training of staff from various backgrounds and skill levels
- Collation and resolution of general ledger queries
- Assist lodge managers/regional finance operational manager with queries
- Reconciling various accounts including clearing accounts and inter lodge transactions
- Interpretation and analysis of management accounts
- Holding monthly finance meetings with the regional finance operational manager to discuss financial performance
- Ensuring correct authorisation and allocation of business expenditure
- Maintaining stock control procedures, assisting with stock counts when required
- Monitoring the controls within the lodges and conducting internal audits
- Develop and implement systems and procedures
- Responsible for the compiling of budgets and quarterly reforecasts
- Assist all staff with Panstrat
- Review and train Front of House systems
- Assisting with year-end audit
- Review and reporting of capex spend to budget
- Collation and accuracy of Sustainability Stats, compilation of Sustainability graphs
- Maintaining of fixed asset register
- Implementation and/or maintenance of financial systems, processes and procedures ensuring the accuracy of data as extracted from multiple platforms
- Monitoring the vehicle fleet through statistical reporting
- Processing of financial transactions over accounts payable and accounts receivable in compliance with the group financial policies and procedures
- Reconciliation of supplier statements to the general ledger
- Loading and review of all creditor's payments
- Preparing and submitting to Head Office the weekly cash flow requirements
- Reservations of volunteers
- Relieve financial coordinator requirements when they are on leave
***Requirements: Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge, Experience**
- BComm or relevant qualification
- 5+ years financial/accounting experience
- Computer literate-Excel is essential
- PANstrat experience preferable
- SQL knowledge is a value add
- Excellent administrative skills, with a focus on attention to detail on numbers and analysis
- Operate in an informal but highly driven and results oriented environment
- Drive, effect and enact considered change
***Personal/Professional Attributes**
- Excellent time management skills
- Critical thinking skills: Ability to solve problems and take the initiative
- Teamwork/collaboration
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication: Good Interpersonal skills as well as being able to communicate clearly in both written and verbal format
- Patience
- Self-driven, motivated, and organised
- Comfortable in dealing with diverse cultures, languages, and environments
***Remuneration and Package**
- Accommodation is provided in the Reserve
- Salary: R25 000 - R31 000 depending on experience
- Expected to always work at month end
- Further details will be discussed at the interview