Finance Manager

Role purpose:To deliver financial excellence across the Videovision Group of companies.

The Finance Manager is responsible for leading and managing the group's finance function, including:

• Financial planning and governance:Supporting business strategy through budgets, financial planning, governance, and finance team alignment.
• Funding management:Working with banks, government agencies, and consultants to secure facilities, grants, or cost-effective funding.
• Financial reporting:Managing cash-flow forecasts, budget tracking, monthly management accounts, dashboards, and finance reports for the Group CFO/CEO.
• Annual audits:Managing audit engagements, year-end reconciliations, audit entries, valuations, and audited financial statements.
• Financial integrity:Implementing internal controls, managing bank mandates, cash and asset controls, foreign exchange contracts, and data integrity.
• Risk mitigation:Overseeing group insurance, supplier performance reviews, and participation in audit/risk committees.
• Financial efficiencies:Driving strategic projects, cost-saving initiatives, feasibility studies, financial ratio optimisation, and cost-cutting measures.
• Statutory and legal compliance:Managing rental agreements, SLAs/contracts, intellectual property renewals, BBBEE verification, tax, VAT, and broader compliance requirements.
• Financial authorisations:Approving key payments, payroll, rental rolls, bank guarantees, and co-releasing bank payments.
• Business growth and diversification:Identifying investment opportunities, developing new ventures, and evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions.

The role is measured against delivery of:

• Budget vs actual performance
• Cash-flow forecasting
  
  Monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting
• Audit readiness and clean audit outcomes
• SLA management
• Tax and legislative compliance

The role requires strong personal, leadership, and technical competencies, including:

• High performance and delivery focus
• Flexibility, resilience, and adaptability
• Strong planning, organisation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Relationship-building, negotiation, and influencing ability
• Leadership and people management skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, Pastel, banking, taxation, VAT, financial reporting, cost accounting, forex, commercial processes, and compliance

The Finance Manager should have:

• A bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or economics
• Preferably be a Chartered Accountant
• At least 5 years' combined audit and financial management experience
• Experience in a medium to large trading business
• Senior leadership team experience
• Strong knowledge of financial processes, audit, KPIs, reporting, budgeting, strategic planning, business development, and efficiency projects

• Reports to the Group CFO
• Direct reports include:
• Finance team of 2

• Permanent or contract, depending on the candidate