Finance Manager (SME) – Permanent

Your reports shape real decisions at this mid-sized manufacturing group in Brakpan, so they must be right. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Home base is a mid-sized manufacturing group on the Brakpan side of Gauteng. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and clear old reconciling items
• Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules
• Draft annual financial statements under IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Run the month-end close and prepare the trial balance
• Build budgets and rolling forecasts with department heads
• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes

• Experience on an ERP such as Sage X3, Sage 300, Syspro or SAP Business One
• Understanding of South African income tax and VAT
• You meet month-end deadlines without being chased
• BCom Accounting or equivalent degree
• At least 3 years of post-qualification accounting experience

• Power BI or a similar BI tool
• CIMA qualification for management accounting posts
• Consolidation experience across several companies

• Study assistance for board exams
• Paid professional body membership fees
• Hybrid schedule outside month-end week
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions

• Show what you improved, such as "cut month-end close from 10 days to 6"; results beat task lists.
• If you're applying for a SAICA training contract, check the firm is a registered training office before you apply.