Climate Fund Managers is hiring a
Play an active part in creating a sustainable future by joining Climate Fund Managers' team based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) is a leading blended finance fund manager dedicated to securing a sustainable future by investing across global emerging markets. CFM has a long-term vision to structure cutting edge financing facilities around thematic areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation, including renewable energy, water, sanitation, and oceans. CFM is established as a joint venture between the Dutch development bank FMO and Sanlam InfraWorks – part of the Sanlam Group of South Africa.
We provide financing solutions across the entire project lifecycle (development, construction, and operational stages). With our offices in The Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and Latin America we believe in a world where sustainable investing and profitability are not mutually exclusive.
The Role:
The primary focus of the Financial Accountant is to manage our various legal entities as well as support the Senior Finance Manager, the creditor and sundry debtors’ requirements of the businesses, reconcile bank accounts and prepare VAT returns. The role includes assisting the Junior Finance Manager with review and posting of other creditors clerks work, taking full ownership of the assigned legal entity and audit and supporting the entities and audits. This role is based in our Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa office. The role reports into the Senior Finance Manager and may require periodic travel within CFM’s regional offices.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage Accounts Payable
Verify invoices
Review expense claims, credit card reconciliations and creditors reconciliations
Code and allocate invoices per chart of account and capture entries in the accounting system (Microsoft Dynamics) for review
Capture payments made and reconcile creditors age analysis, ensuring creditors paid per payment terms
Maintain creditors database
Assist in preparing expense reports for monthly reporting
Maintain records of creditors invoices and other supporting information for audit and tax purposes
Manage Sundry Debtors
Prepare sundry debtor recovery invoices for review
Banking & Treasury
Prepare bank payments, including international payments
Reconcile bank accounts (USD, EUR, ZAR, SGD,COP)
Journal Entries
Prepare and post entries for Bank, Debtors, Creditors, and general journals
Maintain records for audit and tax purposes
Operations support and reporting
Assist with the internal and external audit
Assist with business planning and forecasting
VAT/Corporate Tax
Assist with preparation of VAT returns
Audit
prepare audit pack for Singapore entity
Assist CFM team with special ad-hoc reporting requirements and requests.
Skills and Expertise
Qualifications and Experience