Financial Manager

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 13/08/2026

A food and entertainment enterprise is seeking an experienced Financial Manager for a 6-month contract to take ownership of the organisation’s day-to-day financial operations, financial controls, reporting, and accounting processes. The successful candidate will provide hands‑on financial management across the full accounting function, ensuring accurate financial records, effective cash‑flow management, robust reconciliations, timely month‑end reporting, and full compliance with South African tax and accounting requirements.

This is a Cape Town-based, predominantly remote position, with a requirement to attend weekly in-person meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work independently while providing clear financial insight and operational support to management.

• Financial Management & Oversight: Take overall responsibility for the day-to-day financial management function, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely processing of all financial transactions .
• Management Accounts: Prepare and review monthly management accounts, including income statements, balance sheets, cash-flow reports, and supporting schedules .
• Month-End Close: Manage the month-end close process, including accruals, prepayments, provisions, depreciation, journals, balance sheet reconciliations, and suspense account clearance .
• Cash Flow Management: Monitor daily and weekly cash flow, prepare cash-flow forecasts, identify upcoming funding requirements, and ensure sufficient working capital for operational requirements .
• Creditors & Debtors: Oversee the full creditors and debtors functions, including supplier reconciliations, customer accounts, payment runs, collections, and resolution of outstanding queries .
• Bank & Cash Reconciliations: Ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of all bank accounts, petty cash, corporate cards, and other cash-related transactions .
• Financial Controls: Maintain and strengthen financial controls, processes, and approval procedures to minimise errors, financial risk, and potential fraud .
• VAT & SARS Compliance: Ensure correct VAT treatment and tax coding across transactions, prepare and reconcile VAT
  201 returns, and maintain accurate supporting documentation for SARS compliance and audit purposes .
• Financial Reporting: Produce accurate monthly financial reports and provide management with meaningful commentary on financial performance, variances, costs, and trends .
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Assist with annual budgeting, financial forecasting, and monitoring of actual expenditure against approved budgets .
• Payroll Oversight: Review and support monthly payroll processing, ensuring payroll-related accounting entries and reconciliations are accurate and complete .
• Year-End & Audit Preparation: Prepare and review year-end working papers, schedules, and supporting documentation, and liaise with external accountants, auditors, and other financial stakeholders as required .
• Supplier & Payment Management: Review supplier invoices and payment requirements, ensuring appropriate approvals, supporting documentation, and accurate accounting treatment before payment .
• Process Improvement: Identify financial and operational inefficiencies and implement practical improvements to accounting processes, reporting structures, and internal controls .
• Management Support: Provide financial guidance and insight to management, highlighting risks, opportunities, variances, and areas requiring corrective action .

• Matric coupled with a recognised Accounting, Financial Management, or Bookkeeping qualification .
• Minimum 5–10 years' relevant accounting/financial management experience, with proven experience taking ownership of the finance function .
• Proven experience preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports .
• Strong knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals, provisions, prepayments, and month-end processes .
• Demonstrable experience with cash-flow management, budgeting, and financial forecasting .
• Strong knowledge of South African VAT legislation, tax coding, and SARS compliance requirements .
• Experience managing or…