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Listing live now. Role: Financial Controller. Location: Cradock, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
The Role
This Financial Controller role sits within the finance jobs function in Cradock. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Eastern Cape.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the finance jobs group in Cradock.
A Typical Day
Most days begin by working through your inbox, prioritising urgent supplier or audit queries before settling into the books. You move between reconciliations, journal entries and review meetings, breaking out spreadsheets when something doesn’t tie up. Mid-morning calls with operations or sales help you understand the numbers behind the numbers, and the afternoon is usually given to deeper work: management reports, tax submissions or supporting a junior with a tricky reconciliation. By the time you log off, you have nudged the business closer to a clean month-end.
The rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Notably, the Cradock office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
The Environment
Importantly, the environment is structured and deadline-driven, with peaks around month-end, year-end and audit cycles. The wider team is collaborative, but focused work is the norm.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Eastern Cape. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Cradock site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Your Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the finance jobs side of the business inside out. The Cradock group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Maintain the fixed asset register and process monthly depreciation
- Compile cash-flow forecasts and variance commentary for management
- Liaise with external auditors, banks and regulatory bodies
- Assist with VAT, PAYE and provisional tax submissions to SARS
- Reconcile bank accounts, supplier statements and intercompany loans
- Capture supplier invoices, journals and bank transactions accurately
What You’ll Need
- Working towards SAICA, SAIPA or CIMA designation is preferred
- Sound ethical conduct and discretion when handling sensitive data
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups
- Good written and verbal communication with non-finance stakeholders
- B.Com or National Diploma in Accounting, Finance or related field
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.