GMRC Vacancies 2022 – Financial Manager

Minimum requirements:

• BComm
• Professional affiliation preferred (CA (SA), CIMA, SAIPA)
• 7+ Years experience in Construction / Mechanical/Electrical contracting or Engineering industry.
• Experience with contract financial management – not negotiable.
• Experience with RIB CCS Buildsmart an advantage.
• Strong financial presentation and management skills.
• Ability to prioritize, delegate and follow through tasks with a team
• Self-directed with proven ability to research complex issues, work independently, and multi-task several projects efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of developing and sustaining effective peer, project, and supporting organizational relationships
• Skilled with excel for data manipulation and analysis such as pivot tables, lookups, etc.
• Experience supporting and balancing the needs of multiple contracts at once
• Experience managing people and direct responsibility for objective setting, performance reviews and disciplinary actions

Duties and Responsibilities:

Contract Management / Project Focus:

• Implement EXCO’s standardized best practices for project control function, including cash forecasts, cost to completion reporting, burn rate analysis, risk assessment and other cost estimating processes
• Establish and lead the project control function supporting multiple Contracts within the Project portfolio.
• Ensure contract cost control and risk assessment with responsibilities for both internal and external reporting
• Works alongside project managers and project sponsors in support of managing the financial and contractual elements of the project(s).
• Prepares and manages project specific deliverables related to financial or contractual requirements (such as invoicing, supporting back-up data, limitation of funds, communications, etc.)
• Provides reporting and analysis, financial understanding, and business perspective on a variety of financial and operational issues related to the financial health and execution of the project.

Company Focus:

• Assists in the development of training, competency profiles and career development of staff to include performance evaluation, and goal setting.
• Provides strategic direction to the team that aligns with organization and project objectives.
• Champions and ensures compliance to standardized best practices for project finance as well as organisational finance.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for Project Finance from a financial perspective and an understanding of the projects’ drivers, milestones, and performance impacts.
• Drives compliance with company, client, local and other legal requirements and regulations.
• Takes responsibility for all SARS related submissions, issues and communications.
• Champion and ensures adequate risk management regarding all insurance related issues – Contracts all Risk insurance, Professional Indemnity ins, Asset insurance etc.
• Champion and ensures compliance to different legal frameworks like B-BBEE legislation, CIDB registration, Workmen’s’ Compensation etc.
• Evaluate and report on the Company health status by maintaining a reconciled Balance Sheet for all entities on a quarterly basis.
• Be the liaison with external auditors, bankers, insurance companies and other stakeholders and provide necessary information to keep these relationships in place.