Group finance assistant

Department: Finance

Location: Johannesburg

Description

We are part of a fast-growing professional services firm that is dedicated to championing small and medium businesses and helping communities prosper, right across the UK and Ireland as well as South Africa. This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious team at the early stages of its journey.

The Group Finance assistant will support the group finance function with various financial activities, including the maintenance of finance information for the Group’s holding companies as well as other small trading entities in the Group.

A diverse role working in a collaborative culture, it requires good excel knowledge and excellent communication and organisation skills. Familiarity with a finance function and core financial processes is important, what is equally important is an open mindset and eagerness to learn. The group encourages development and would support the right candidate with AAT and further finance qualifications as part of our commitment to investment in people.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the preparation of the Group’s holding companies’ management accounts
• Reconciliations – Performing bank and other key month-end reconciliations
• Accruals and Prepayments – preparation of monthly accrual and prepayment schedules and posting of relevant journals
• Maintenance of Group’s loan schedules, internal and external, including calculation of interest and management of repayments in line with external requirements and internal policies
• Management of intercompany reconciliations across the Sumer Group
• Liaising with internal and external parties to obtain or provide information and to resolve queries
• Preparation of and input into the daily cash flow forecast
• Processing and payment of Hub Support staff expenses claims in line with group policy
• Processing and payment of Group and Hub support’s purchase invoices ensuring all are authorised in line with group policy
• Inputting and maintaining financial data in the financial software, in particular, the loading and reconciliation of TB data supplied by the financial hubs/subsidiaries
• Providing other administrative and clerical support to the finance team
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum CA(SA), ACCA, AAT or equivalent part or fully qualified. 1-2 years’ experience working in a fast-paced finance team
• Experience of being involved in monthly management accounting and / or other finance operational processes
• Experience working with Finance systems such as Sage or Xero would be beneficial
• Sound knowledge of excel is essential
• Experience working in professional services desirable but not essential
• Confident and clear communicator
• Desire to work collaboratively within and across teams
  
  

What's in it for you

• You will gain hands on experience of looking after the financial processes of a fast-growing group
• You’ll handle a wide variety of tasks, allowing you to develop essential skills to pave the way for further advancement in your career in finance and accounting
• You will be part of a talented finance team with great opportunities to learn and develop
• You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of the Group’s financial operations
• AAT and/or other financial qualification support for the right candidate
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across a wide range of functions