Finance Controller ( R10,567.00 - R22,001)

Our client in the engineering sector is currently hiring for a Finance Controller.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing rigorous treasury visibility, debtors collection control, supplier payment scheduling, weekly cash flow forecasting, and short-term funding support across the organisation.

• • To provide rigorous treasury visibility, debtors collection control, supplier payment scheduling, weekly cashflow forecasting and short-term funding support across Group.
• • To act as the financial oxygen controller of the business by ensuring that management has real-time visibility of cash inflows, obligations, funding gaps and debtor risks.

• • To materially reduce CEO reactive firefighting by institutionalising disciplined weekly financial controls.
• • Prepare and maintain weekly and monthly rolling cashflow forecasts.
• • Track all invoices submitted, payment certificates, outstanding debtors and promised payment dates.
• • Maintain debtors ageing schedules and execute weekly debtor follow-up calls/emails.
• • Monitor all supplier commitments, salary obligations, rentals, vehicles, statutory payments and urgent due dates.
• • Prepare weekly payment priority schedules for CEO approval.
• • Assist with financier packs, invoice discounting packs, mobilisation funding schedules and project cash requirement summaries.
• • Negotiate payment extensions and supplier arrangements where required.
• • Maintain funding facility tracker, cash reserve tracker and monthly liquidity stress reports.
• • Provide weekly executive finance dashboard at Wednesday Cashflow & Debtors War Room.