The Group Financial Manager

The Group Financial Manager will be responsible for the following:

Strategic Business Partnering with all the offices in the Group, and Executives, applicable committees and contribute to value creation

* Digital transformation and data driven decision making

* Develop and implement Finance Policies in conjunction with the Group Chief financial officer

* Develop and drive the standardisation, automation and optimisation of Group Finance activities

* Communicate best practice, processes, controls and procedures with offices in the Group to ensure that best practice internal controls to ensure that the relevant information is available for adoption.

* Support with models for the opening and closing of offices in the group

* Support with the design and implementation of the controls for new offices to align to the Group

* Ensure adherence and compliance with Transfer Pricing laws for the Group

* Own the monthly and annual group close process

* Consolidate results across all jurisdictions (multi-currency, multi-entity)

* Ensure consistent application of IFRS (or firm-adopted accounting standards)

* Review and sign off on:

o Management Board Management accounts and reporting

o Smaller offices Management accounts and reporting

o Practice Group reporting packs

o Oversee statutory financial statements in all jurisdictions

Oversee Rest of Africa office's staff in conjunction with Rest of Africa Financial Manager and respective Managers on site.

* Management Accounts.

* Ad hoc support for Africa i.e. building financial models etc.

Overall responsibility for GL - ensures appropriate, best practice controls are in place to ensure that amounts are valid, accurate and complete.

* Ensure procedures are in place and maintained to ensure that information is captured by staff timeously.

* Liaise with Finance IT staff (3E Innovations Team) to ensure full functioning of systems.

* Ensure that Balance Sheet Reconcilations are performed monthly for all offices in the Group

Design and Implement the Group budgeting process

* Review the assumptions implied and reasonableness thereof

* Review the consolidated Group budget

* Co-ordinate the group budgeting process

* Present the Group budget to the Group Chief Financial Officer

* Present the Group Budget to the Management Board under the supervision of the Group Chief Financial Officer

Manage the execution of the annual audit process and ensure that appropriate/detailed work plans are in place to complete the audit on time.

*Ensure discussion and agreement of practical and appropriate management actions and ensuring actions are implemented in response to audit recommendations

* Overseeing the preparation of the financial statement for all companies that fall within in accordance with IFRS.

* Other ad-hoc year end duties as required

Oversee the management of the partner remuneration

* Review and Sign-off on the monthly partner remuneration

* Review the proposal of the distributions in line with the funds available

* Ensure adequate controls designed and implemented for the partner remuneration process

Ensure appropriate controls are in place to safeguard client funds.

* Report, under supervision, to the various law societies.

* Perform quarterly reviews on trust accounts ensuring that we are not in breach of any legislation or rule.

Ensure appropriate relationships are formed with our bankers.

* Ensure that all approval lists are maintained and updated.

* Review on a regular basis if best banking practices are followed from a control's perspective.

* Ensure that all allocated funds are recorded, and appropriate lists are maintained.

* Provide support to Africa offices to develop relationships with the banks.