Finance Manager (SME) – Immediate Start

Your reports shape real decisions at this private school trust in Pretoria East, so they must be right. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Pretoria East-based, with most of your time spent at a private school trust.

• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes
• Build budgets and rolling forecasts with department heads
• Calculate provisional tax and check the VAT201 before submission
• Prepare the audit file and answer auditor queries
• Run the month-end close and prepare the trial balance

• Understanding of South African income tax and VAT
• At least 3 years of post-qualification accounting experience
• Working knowledge of IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• You meet month-end deadlines without being chased

• Performance bonus linked to company results
• Hybrid schedule outside month-end week
• Study assistance for board exams
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions

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