Company Profile
1-grid.com is a fast-growing web hosting company in Cape Town with an established customer base. We have the vision and resources to be a market leader in SA in the next 5 years; this vision is supported by an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, and top performance.
Job purpose:
To ensure an efficiently run finance department based on ITSM best practice, by providing financial reports and interpreting financial information, recommending courses of action, maintaining the financial health of the organisation, creating financial awareness, identifying trends, improving financial efficiency driven by highest levels of customer service, communication, and teamwork.
Key performance areas
- Team Leadership & People Management
- Financial and Statutory Reporting
- Audit and Compliance
- Financial Strategy
- Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, or Accounting or equivalent
- Proven experience within a managerial role of 6 - 10 years
- Certifications - SAICA, CA(SA)
- Tax certification an advantage
- Exceptional knowledge and experience of accounting principles and practices, taxation, and financial regulations, and experience with overseeing tax submissions to SARS.
- Demonstrated success in financial planning, forecasting, and budget management.
- Demonstrated oversight of Operational finance: Daily activities and key metrics, optimizing costs, including the introduction of automation to finance activities, e.g automated invoicing.
- Experience in strategic financial decision-making, and risk management.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to build and manage a high-performing team.
- Proficient in accounting software, Microsoft Office Suite, (PowerBI, Navision) is an advantage.
- Experience in the technology or hosting industry preferred.
Competencies and Skills
- Analytical thinking.
- Organized and detail - oriented.
- Strategic business acumen
- Communication
- Build Interpersonal Relationships
- People Management
- Ethical
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive and Collaborative
- Strong Numerical reasoning including data – analytics and modelling has a strong advantage.
- Self-motivated and self-managing
- Deadline driven.
- Resilience
Paarden Eiland, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
This appointment will be made in accordance with the Company's Employment Equity Plan and preference will be given to people from Designated Groups and people with a disability, provided such job applicants meet the inherent criteria of the vacancy. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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