Financial Manager - Transport

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Will include but not be limited to the following areas:

• Financial Management and Budget Management
• Lead the preparation of project-related grant reports.
• Monitor ongoing expenditure relating to annual project budgets to ensure effective management of funds.
• Reviewing and supervising review of monthly invoices related to project work and providing recommendations before payment.
• Engage with service providers to resolve invoice errors and other issues.
• Assist the finance department with preparation of budget adjustments, virements and funding motivations.
• Assist the finance department with the compilation of year-end reporting and responding to requests for information during the annual audit process and internal audits.
• Reviewing financial data, spreadsheets, budgets and reports, and translating quantitative information into easily communicable findings or implications.
• Revenue enhancement and cost control.

• Evaluate potential revenue sources, such as international, national and provincial grants and prepare grant applications where applicable
• Consider alternative revenue streams, such as advertising or provision of ancillary services, and advise on how to access these within the municipal supply chain management framework.
• Monitor cost control and make recommendations for potential cost savings or improvements in cost effectiveness.

Client Engagement & Relationship Management

• Cultivate and manage relationships with clients, stakeholders, sub-contractors and service providers to achieve project objectives.
• Work collaboratively with clients to develop finance-related recommendations or proposals required to support the project.
• Leading or coordinating the development of high-quality project deliverables, including presentations, reports, financial models or other analytical tools.

Project and Team Management

• Provide ongoing support in the management, accounting, reporting, and updating of project finances and budgets.
• Collaborate and engage with project teams to support the delivery of standardised and ad hoc project outputs, as required by the client.
• Supporting project management and administration, to comply with client or company requirements and standard procedures.
• Making an active contribution to developing new business opportunities, building on current project work and through proposal development.
• Contributing to practice and company-wide strategic initiatives.
• Mentoring and managing junior staff where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Required*

• A qualification in Accounting.
• Must have a track record of academic excellence.
• 5 to 7 years finance-related experience, preferably in the public sector environment.
• Good understanding of finance-related legislation, regulations and processes in the public sector (e.g. PFMA,
• MFMA, SCM) as well as the municipal accounting system (MSCOA)
• Good exposure to research, analysis, synthesis and problem-solving.
• Must demonstrate strong numeracy capabilities, with excellent Excel abilities.
• Must be able to think logically and independently.
• Must demonstrate ability to work as part of a team.
• Must have interdisciplinary interests and skills.
• Fluency in English. Ability to converse in Afrikaans will be an advantage.

Desired*

• A postgraduate qualification in Accounting or Finance-Related Function.
• Exposure to a broad range of finance-related sub-functions (e.g. project or infrastructure finance, financial
• structuring, public sector financing, investment banking, business planning, project financial modelling and
• accounting), and a demonstrable track record of high performance in these areas.

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

This role calls for several specific skills and characteristics, including:

• Ability to conceptualise problems, and identify the quantitative variables and their complex interrelationships.
• A strong ability to translate and capture these variables and interrelationships in MS Excel or other quantitative software.
• Numerical excellence and an ability to understand and translate logic into calculation language.
• The ability to work backwards from the clients output expectations through the calculation engine to the necessary input drivers thereto.
• Strong financial acumen and the ability to interpret and apply financial information.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and demonstrable high standards of achievement.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in diverse teams as well as independently.
• An energetic problem-solver, who is open-minded with multi-perspective views.
• Interest in working towards a desired outcome on complex and ambiguous client problems.
• Ability to research and translate findings into products;
• Good time management, with the ability to meet task deadlines within timeframe and budget.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrable ability to clearly break down and explain a complex topic verbally and in writing.
• Ability to listen and respond to input and diverse perspectives.
• Ability to adapt and work in a highly pressurised environment.