Divisional Finance Admin Manager

Clicks Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty retailer in Cape Town is seeking a Divisional Finance Admin Manager. You will coordinate annual budgets, compile financial statements, and manage locum invoicing, ensuring compliance with financial policies. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years in finance management, preferably in retail or FMCG, along with strong stakeholder engagement skills. This role offers a chance to drive financial performance and improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience heading up a sizable finance function as a management accountant.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a financial managerial role.
• Minimum 3 years exposure within the retail or FMCG industry.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and plan the division’s annual budget and forecasts.
• Compile the division’s monthly financial statements and business review reports.
• Manage and control locum invoicing and payments for the division.

Skills

Budget coordination

Financial statement compilation

Performance monitoring

Stakeholder engagement

Cost saving initiatives

Education

CIMA, B.Com (Finance or Accounting) or B. Compt

Tools

SAP

SCM

MMS

Job description

Job title : Divisional Finance Admin Manager

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : November 10, 2025

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Job Objectives

• To co-ordinate and plan the division’s annual budget as well as forecasts within the agreed business objectives to ensure the division meets its annual financial performance.
• To compile the division’s monthly ,management, financial statements and business review reports, clearly indicating deviations to targets and drive investigations and appropriate actions needed to be taken by the operational managers.
• To manage and control locum invoicing and payments for the division.
• To monitor divisional performance, identify and analyse trends and report on weekly performance and drive appropriate actions through operational managers.
• To manage and drive weekly scorecard meetings to ensure continuous improvement.
• To identify profitable business opportunities and drive cost saving initiatives in the division.
• To ensure compliance to financial policies and procedures, thereby ensuring compliance with internal controls and reducing risk within the division together with satisfying the internal and external auditors’ recommendations.
• To ensure that the financial viability of projects within the division is aligned to business objectives by ensuring the return on investment for capex is achieved.
• To equip operational managers with the understanding and knowledge of financial statements and principles in order to ensure that management can make sound business decisions.
• To manage the financial administrative functions within the division, ensuring compliance with legislation and business policies and procedures and financial controls.
• To effectively engage, persuade and influence stakeholders to improve divisional profitability.
• To be the customer’s first choice health and beauty retailer by living and driving the company values.
• To drive reduction in divisional shrinkage and waste

Minimum requirements

Education and Experience Requirements :

• Essential : CIMA, B.Com (Finance or Accounting) or B. Compt
• Minimum 5 years’ experience heading up a sizable finance function as a management accountant
• At least 3 years’ experience in a financial managerial role
• Minimum 3 years exposure within the retail or FMCG industry
• Minimum 3 year exposure to staff management and working with and influencing stakeholders
• Desirable : Exposure to SAP, SCM and MMS
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