Finance Manager- Packaging Industry

Everestpackgroup; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A packaging manufacturing company in Johannesburg is seeking a Financial Manager to oversee the finance team and ensure accurate financial reporting. Responsibilities include financial audits, compliance, and cost management. Applicants should have at least 2 years of finance management experience and a background in the corrugated packaging industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience managing a finance team.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a financial manager in a manufacturing environment.
• Taxation knowledge and practical experience of submissions.
• Ability to read and understand financial statements.
• Must have worked in the corrugated packaging industry previously.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accuracy of the monthly Management Accounts.
• General Ledger reconciliations.
• Managing the finance team including performance, deadlines and deliverables.
• Prepare key monthly reports: Internal Management Accounts, Cost Centre Accounts, Product Costings.
• Execution and finalisation of the annual financial audit.

Skills

Financial management

Team leadership

Taxation knowledge

Cost tracking

Inventory management

Job description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accuracy of the monthly Management Accounts
• General Ledger reconciliations
• Creditor reconciliations and age analysis
• Debtors age analysis
• Fixed Assets Register
• Managing the finance team including performance, deadlines and deliverables
• Perform quarterly KPI reviews with finance team
• Prepare key monthly reports: Internal Management Accounts, Cost Centre Accounts, Product Costings, Margin Analyses
• Responsible for Cost Accounting functions: valuation of inventory and inventory master data
• Schedule monthly review meetings with Cost Centre Managers to review Cost Centre Accounts and formalise and track corrective action
• Schedule daily stock counts and review monthly stock variances and implement corrective action
• Prepare Fixed Assets Register and Tax Assets Register
• Prepare Project Cost justification calculations
• Approve daily purchase requisitions in line with budgets
• Monthly payroll review and variance analysis
• Annual budget preparation
• Monthly tax computation and corporate tax submissions
• All company tax compliance and submissions
• Daily cashflow management
• Oversight and super user for ERP system
• Cost tracking against budgets and implementation of corrective action
• Execution and finalisation of the annual financial audit
• Maintenance of insurance policies and premiums

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience managing a finance team
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a financial manager in a manufacturing environment
• Taxation knowledge and practical experience of submissions
• Ability to read and understand financial statements
• Must have worked in the corrugated packaging industry previously