Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Modelling & Analysis:
- Support business plans and funding applications
- Develop and maintain financial models for project costing and profitability
- Analyse margins, cost and profitability
- Prepare cash flow forecasts
- Conduct scenario analysis (best care, worst care, funding gaps, etc.)
Financial Reporting & Management: - Perform budget vs actual analysis
- Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, etc.)
- Track invoicing and project profitability
- Maintain general ledger and cost allocations per project
- Produce weekly cash flow and financial reports
Cash Flow & Working Capital Management: - Track debt collections and follow-up on overdue invoices
- Maintain 14 - day and 30 - day rolling cash flow forecasts
- Manage supplier and align with funding
Accounting Operations: - Maintain audit-ready financial records
- Capture and manage purchase order and supplier invoices
- Reconcile bank and supplier audits
- Ensure correct cost coding per project
Compliance & Governance: - Maintain audit documentation
- Ensure SARS compliance (VAT, PAYE and Income Tax)
- Prepare and submit VAT returns
Project & Funding Support: - Support tender costing and pricing strategies
- Structure deals to optimise cashflow
- Assist funding partners with financial information
Process Improvement: - Automate reports and build dashboards
- Improve financial systems and reporting
KPI’s, Key Skills & Competencies- Accuracy and timeline of reports
- Quality of financial models
- Cash flow forecasting accuracy
- Reduction in debtor days
- Compliance with SARS requirements
- Strong analytical and modelling skills
- Attention to detail
- Time management skills
