Financial Manager

• Review of monthly management accounts including income statement and variance analysis and documentation of all commentary
• Review of all balance sheet and related monthly reconciliations.
• Review of all Trial balances to ensure completeness of the accounts.
• Approval of all journal entries in the accounting system
• Maintenance of Monthly Financial Reporting Index
• Review of open items reports to ensure that all open transactions are reconciled, documented and queries resolved timeously.
• Review of monthly aging reports to ensure all creditors paid and customers collected timeously.
• Prepare the Monthly reconciliation of accounting and gaming data to Group Reports.
• Ensure all standardization of reporting and schedules across all entities.
• Analytical reporting

• Review all Monthly Product and Regional income statements.
• Provide summaries of all highlights to the Senior Finance Manager for income statement, balance sheet and open items.
• Review and resolve Country Manager queries.

• Preparation of financial data required for Board Reports.
• Audits

• Work closely with the Statutory team in Co-ordinating of audits and attending to audit queries timeously.
• Review of all team prepared internal and external audit reconciliations & clearing of all queries
• Tax management and compliance

• Review of all statutory calculations including Gaming tax, Gaming VAT, Indirect Taxes, Corporate Tax, annual returns, statutory reports etc. for all gaming entities.
• Review of all statutory returns including income tax, annual returns, VAT, Indirect Taxes, In-country reports, etc. for all gaming entities.
• Regulatory requirements

• Manage onboarding of new Gaming entities, Regions and Products (all accounting and reporting), and that all Financial Regulatory requirements are met.
• Ensure that the Project team is aware and understands all Finance and Gaming-related requirements.
• Transfer pricing governance

• Ensure that all Intercompany and Intergroup billing complies with the Group’s Transfer Pricing policy.
• Contract management

• Internal billing and contract management. Review Internal billing on a regular basis to ensure that it remains practical and relevant.
• Ensure all contracts are up to date and on file and recorded on the contract matrix.
• Obtain new contracts for new billing or changes required. Ensure termination agreements are received, filed and recorded on the contract matrix.

• Take ownership of annual forecasts.
• Update and maintain rolling forecasts.
• Review forecast variance analysis and obtain explanations.
• Escalate any unusual variances.
• Cash flow

• Run weekly Open Item Reports for all entities, query long outstanding items and request feedback on why suppliers are not being paid or customers collected.
• Review and approve weekly payments, ensuring that the correct amounts and suppliers are paid.
• Release of payments on Online banking platforms.
• Ensure timeous supplier and intergroup payments.
• CAPEX

• Review of Fixed Asset Registers and ensure accounting is in accordance with Group policy.
• Ensure short-term insurance contracts are adequately maintained and updated.
• Ensure any internally generated assets have been capitalized in the accounting records on the go live date and appropriate amortization has been applied.

• Ensure that Navision, TM1 and other systems operate effectively and efficiently for responsible companies.
• Investigate and recommend solutions to improve operational efficiencies in the team.
• Liaise with BI to ensure that the transactional data received is relevant, accurate, complete and received on time.
• Policies and procedures

• Ensure that all accounting is in line with the Group’s accounting policies and procedures.
• Draft process notes detailing how and why monthly tasks are performed to ensure business continuity.

• Escalate and motivate any resource requirements to the Group Finance Manager.
• KPI management

• Day to day management of the financial accounting team.
• Co-ordinate functions in the team to ensure that all team members are working effectively and able to deliver reporting on time.
• Ensure best business practice is embedded across all processes and functions.
• Undertake bi-annual team appraisals and performance development reviews.
• Ensure team key deliverables are met on time and accurately.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and support to all direct reports to ensure the team is working efficiently and coherently.
• Bi-annual setting of team objectives.

• Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time.

• Trial balance management of all entities.
• B Com (Accounting) with completed Articles , CA(SA), CIMA or equivalent
• Accounting review experience.
• Minimum 3 years managerial experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Knowledge of IFRS.
• Experience in Navision (desirable).
• Experience in reviewing AFS.
• Independent worker.
• Self-motivated and highly productive.
• High levels of accuracy, attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Highly dependable and dedicated.
• Strong levels of co-operation.
• Good levels of business acumen.
• Project management skills including the ability to meet all deadlines and the ability to effectively manage the implementation of proposals/acquisition
• Good writing skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.

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