Senior Finance Manager | Cape Town | Retail

Introduction

Lead Technical Finance Excellence

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Manager to join their finance leadership team in Cape Town. This is an exceptional opportunity for a technically strong CA(SA) to lead complex financial reporting, technical accounting, funding, and shared finance functions within a large, listed retail environment.

The successful candidate will provide strategic financial leadership, ensure IFRS compliance, oversee key finance operations, and partner with senior stakeholders to support the organisation's long-term objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Lead all technical accounting matters, including the implementation of new IFRS standards.

• Oversee the preparation and review of Group and subsidiary annual financial statements.

• Ensure best-in-class financial reporting, technical accuracy, and IFRS compliance.

• Prepare accounting policies, disclosure frameworks, and selected financial statement notes.

• Coordinate and facilitate external audit reviews.

• Maintain the financial reporting control framework to support CEO/CFO attestation in line with JSE Listing Requirements.

• Participate in the Group Accounting Forum to oversee accounting policies and financial reporting processes.

Share Schemes

• Manage all share scheme accounting and reconciliations.

• Prepare share scheme disclosures for annual financial statements.

• Produce share scheme reconciliations for tax reporting purposes.

• Maintain share-based payment accounting systems.

• Assist with diluted earnings per share calculations.

• Oversee the accounting for the Group's share scheme trust.

Funding & Treasury

• Participate in funding negotiations and review funding agreements.

• Monitor loan covenant compliance and report to lenders.

• Prepare funding and covenant reports for the Board and Investment Committee.

• Review treasury-related reconciliations.

Merchandise Imports

• Lead the finance imports function and provide guidance to the team.

• Review journals, reconciliations, and monthly trading reports.

• Approve import clearing agent invoices and payments.

• Report on foreign exchange exposures.

• Oversee import VAT and duty compliance.

Accounts Payable & Sundry Debtors

• Oversee the merchandise accounts payable function.

• Review reconciliations and complex transactions.

• Lead the sundry debtors function.

• Monitor supplier loans, advances, and supplier development funding.

• Review journals and reconciliations.

Strategic Projects

• Support and lead strategic finance initiatives and business improvement projects.

• Partner with senior leadership on projects aligned to the Group's strategic objectives.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Requirements

• CA(SA) qualification.

• Minimum 10 years' post-articles experience within a complex finance environment.

• Currently operating at Finance Manager level or above within a large listed organisation.

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS and financial reporting.

• Experience preparing and reviewing annual financial statements.

• Strong understanding of financial controls and governance.

• Proven leadership experience managing multiple finance functions.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work under pressure and deliver within strict reporting deadlines.

Advantageous

• Retail or consumer goods industry experience.

• Experience within a listed company environment.

• Credit retail experience.

• Exposure to treasury, funding, and foreign exchange reporting.

Why Apply?

• Join a leading retail organisation with a highly respected finance team.

• Take ownership of technical accounting and financial reporting for a listed business.

• Lead diverse finance functions with significant strategic impact.

• Work closely with executive leadership and key stakeholders.

• Competitive market-related remuneration and excellent long-term career growth opportunities

Package & Remuneration

Market Related