EY Finance Portfolio Manager 

South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 

619305576

Job Rank: Manager
Function: Tax Financial Operations
Sub Function: Working Capital

Providing support across the South African Tax business, you will play a key role in managing and optimizing working capital processes using various reports issued on a daily, weekly, monthly basis in conjunction with existing processes.

Candidates should possess experience, knowledge, and skills that allow them to execute the following responsibilities:
• Contributing to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and providing support to other team members.
• Embedding data analytics capability by coaching the adoption and usage of working capital reporting.

Essential Functions of the Job:
• Billings: Monitoring and managing inventory to ensure billing is done on time.
• Cash collections: Monitoring and managing AR to ensure cash is collected on time.
• Revenue days: Improve revenue days by monitoring and managing inventory and debt collection effectively.
• Reconciliations: Perform reconciliations on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to ensure accuracy of inventory and AR.
• Forecasts: Generate and manage billing and cash collection forecasts.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:
• Resolve issues with tenacity and determination.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously with flexibility.
• Work through complex technical issues and understand client needs.
• Identify and investigate issues for continuous improvements.
• Act as a trusted business advisor, providing clear points of view and challenging existing processes.

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Supervision of the engagements assistant team on a daily basis.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Professional approach with a strong understanding of credit control.
• Ability to build strong internal Partner-level relationships and external relationships with client contacts responsible for credit control.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to provide credible solutions.
• Confidence to challenge where appropriate.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills with attention to detail.
• Effective time management and ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive, and share knowledge.
• Ability to translate technical terms into business-relevant language.
• Excellent communication skills for delivering presentations, training, and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to deliver challenging messages professionally and drive mutual understanding.
• Demonstrate the ability to become an effective change advocate.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Ability and flexibility to work in a virtual environment across multiple time zones.

Job Requirements:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in law and or business administration, or related field is preferrable.• 10+ years of experience in credit control, debt collection and inventory management.
Note: This job description is intended as a guide to reflect the principal purpose of the job. However, it is not an all-inclusive listing of the required job responsibilities, and these may vary depending on the geographic location of the job and/or the manager. Further, the job description is subject to change at the discretion of management.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.