Assistant Financial Controller

Key responsibilities will include:

1. Support the Financial Controller to maintain financial operations. Work closely with the wider Finance reporting team to deliver its objectives.
2. Identifying opportunities for development and process improvements, considering the impact on the wider Finance function and the business.
3. Responsible for writing Board and Executive Committee Papers.
4. Assisting the wider business, providing ad-hoc Finance guidance. For example; Effective Interest Rate (EIR), diversification opportunity.
5. Take ownership and work with team to address internal audit actions/queries.
6. Support and oversight of TCT and non JHB subsidiaries.
7. Ad-hoc project work relating to the Group.
8. Lead the simplification of current manual processes.
9. Oversee the production of timely and accurate monthly financial information, including detailed commentary to explain variances to Budget, Forecast and KPIs.
10. Support the Finance Manager – Management Accounting to coach the reporting team to investigate and resolve queries.
11. Develop the monthly financial information to improve analysis, commentary and KPIs.
12. Present the monthly financial information pack to the CFO and the senior Finance team.
13. Support the Finance Manager – Management Accounting to ensure all reconciliations are reviewed within agreed timelines
14. Responsible for the ongoing maintenance and administration of the IBM forecast planning tool including:

• Review of back book loads
• Updating non-Business partner assumptions
• Review of control reports and sense checking out puts
• Support development of report building
• Support in design and testing of new logic

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.