Financial Controller at DSV

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

• R-SSC Payroll Controllers’s mission is to own the full process around controlling and reporting for employee related financial figures across all silo’s in the RSSC. This includes etc. review/audit of employee reporting guidelines, calculation of management bonus programmes, re-charges of employees and employee costs. The payroll controller needs to support country management/managing director and business controllers with clear comments with respect to payroll related items
• This position entails tight deadlines and a multitude of financial controlling/reporting activities. 
• These include review and preparation of financial reports to Local MD’s and Group, reporting in Integrum and SAP BPC, year-end audit preparation and the support of budget and forecast activities. 

Tertiary Qualification(s) - Essential

• B Compt Accounting with Honours 

Computer Literacy Level 

• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook - advanced

Additional Computer Skills 

• SAP ERP
• SAP BPC

Job-related Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years experience in a financial controlling/financial manager role.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to indirectly and supervise and influence other department employees.
• Must be controls and process focused.
• Must be an analytical thinker
• Must be able to work well under pressure and deliver on deadlines.
• Good understanding of financial statements and reports.
• Broad knowledge of payroll related items 
• Good working knowledge of local and group financial compliance
• Must have a valid and unendorsed driver’s licence.
• Must be a team player.
• Must possess good time management skills.
• Ability to work long hours of overtime when necessary 
• Self Starter who will use own initiative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Have a creative and problem solving approach.

Electives

• CIMA or CA(SA) qualified would be an advantage
• Previous experience in a Shared Services Environment would be an added advantage – payroll and finance functions

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Review of reporting in accordance with employee guidelines
• Audit of compliance for employee reporting 
• Calculation of FTE’s and headcount for reporting purposed
• Review of leave balances and reporting on high leave balances to Managing Directors
• Follow-up on the evolution of the staff costs
• Analyze staff costs on a site level
• Analyse labour broker costs
• Review group charges in line with employee movements 
• Preparation of the risk and opportunity schedules of payroll related balance sheet items  
• Calculation of management incentive provisions
• Assistance with ESG reporting
• Drive employee costs improvements within the business
• Participate in the different stages of the budget process relating to payroll related items and review the final budget in line with Group Controlling requirements.  
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end reporting of employee and payroll related data
• Manage group controller visits and ensure any controller visit findings are cleared 
• Monitor and action the monthly task lists
• Assess the current procedures and processes to ensure they are efficient and reliable to deliver high quality reporting results and compliance
• Be the point of contact between the Regional Shared Service centre and Operations as well as Payroll
• Analyse and report on staff costs (detailed review), FTE’s and working hours
• Ensure that the different Financial processes are respected locally not only by the Finance employees but also Operational persons
• Assist with the Group and Local Statutory audits (IFRS) by providing local relevant information requested by the auditors
• Prepare and present and special reporting required by business (Board presentations/business cases)
• Perform regular Controller visits (internal audit) to the relevant entities and report back to business on issues and recommendations and ensure they are rectified where necessary 
• Ad hoc duties as and when required
• Review payroll journals prepared by the Payroll Accountant
• Review payroll related balance sheet reconciliations
• Manage the annual actuarial valuations with regards to long service awards
• Responsible for salary recharges between entities