Financial Controller [Manufacturing - Edenvale] Market Related

Job Overview
To oversee the full financial function in order to ensure appropriate balance between maintenance of a solid financial accounting control framework and the appropriate partnering with and enabling of business counterparts and stakeholders.

There should be an emphasis on adding value, delivering insights vs merely running a process.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Present financial reporting and potential risk areas to senior management.
2. Prepare / oversee accounting, financial reporting, analysis and preparation of financial statements, including schedules for tax compliance.
3. Be the main point of contact during external audit.
4. Manage relationships with company bankers.
5. Prepare and present segmental and company management accounts.
6. Challenge sales and operations managers based on financial performance.
7. Prepare deep dive analyses into topical parts of the business both on own volition and where requested by members of management.
8. Prepare budgets at segmental and company level for Board consumption.
9. Ensure policies and procedures are in compliance with professional standards and regulatory requirements.
10. Establish and maintain internal controls to support the financial infrastructure.
11. Ensure robust control environment maintained over company expenditure.
12. Oversee the work prepared by colleagues in finance.

Desired Experience & Qualification

1. Read, Write and Speak English fluently.
2. Minimum B Com (Acc) or equivalent with at least 5 years relevant experience.
3. Experience in a number of finance environments.
4. The duties and responsibilities of this role have been mastered.
5. Work can be produced with minimum supervision.
6. Work activities / job duties are consistently thorough and accurate.
7. Volume of daily workload is consistently high, therefore productive and fast.
8. Willingness to take on responsibility and to be held accountable.
9. Cooperation and good interpersonal relations.
10. Ability to coordinate tasks and to have the ability to organize, prioritize and schedule.
11. New ideas and methods to improve quality of results.
12. High morale and consistency in functioning effectively in an objective and rational manner.
13. Problem-solving skills to effectively gather and organize facts, evaluate and make effective final decisions.
14. Ability to deliver value to stakeholders outside of the business-as-usual confines of the role.

Package & Remuneration

Market Related