Financial Controller

About the role

Benguela Cove Investments (Pty) Ltd, the holding entity for Benguela Cove Wine Estate and a portfolio of hospitality and property interests in the Overberg region, is looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Financial Controller based in Cape Town. The role manages the day-to-day financial administration of the BCI entity and supports the Group Financial Controller in ensuring accurate and timely reporting. Occasional visits to the estate in Hermanus are required.

Key responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices, track approvals and resolve supplier queries
• Handle daily cash-ups, banking, supplier payment runs and cash reconciliations
• Oversee invoicing of wine, villa, events and F&B customers, allocate receipts and follow up on outstanding accounts
• Process all transactions on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Deliver a complete, accurate and fully reconciled trial balance each month, on deadline
• Reconcile bank, debtors, creditors and balance sheet control accounts monthly, and process accruals, prepayments, depreciation and other month-end journals
• Reconcile intercompany loan accounts between Benguela Cove, BCI and associated companies
• Help with stock counts and reconcile stock movements across wine, bulk storage and F&B to the ledger
• Prepare VAT reconciliations and returns, and provide payroll inputs and reconcile PAYE, UIF and SDL to the ledger
• Prepare audit files, schedules and supporting documents, and answer auditor queries
• Follow and help improve approval processes, documentation and audit trails, and act as the first point of contact for finance queries from the estate's operational teams

Required profile

• Minimum: a bookkeeping, accounting or finance qualification (diploma or BCom); SAIPA or ICB is an advantage
• 4 to 6 years' accounting experience, including taking a full set of books to trial balance on your own
• Own transport required for occasional visits to the estate in Hermanus

Required skills

• Working knowledge of South African VAT and payroll tax reconciliations
• Experience preparing for or supporting an annual audit
• Good Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations)
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and/or Wine MS (advantageous)
• Experience in wine, agriculture, hospitality or tourism (advantageous but not essential)
• Stock accounting experience in a production or F&B environment (advantageous)