Financial Manager

Reporting to the CFO, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing strategic and operational input to the Group's financial functions as well as staff management.

Responsibilities include:

Financial Management:

• Ensuring policies, processes and measures are in place
• Ensuring reports are distributed by deadline dates
• Ensuring audits are complete with unqualified report
• Ensuring forex, capex and expense control policies are in place and reported in line with IFRS
• Preparing cashflow forecast on a monthly basis
• Engaging with global compliance team to ensure compliance with global standards
• Ensuring OneStream reports are submitted accurately and on-time, e.g. Intercompany matching, income tax, deferred tax, CAPEX, TWC reporting, etc.
• Continuously reviewing and improving processes
• Reviewing and posting daily SYSPRO integrations for all SYSPRO sub-modules
• Ensuring creditors are paid timeously and focusing on opportunities to improve the cash cycle
• Reconciling shipping schedule orders to FEC, reporting and ensuring all orders are covered
• Ensuring that all taxes are compliant with SARS requirements with regards to submission and payment
• Ensuring that SARB approvals are obtained and kept up to date
• Ensuring management accounts are completed
• Assisting in CAPEX acquisition process
• Assisting both finance and non-finance departments with queries and financial reports
• Creating and mapping new GL accounts
• Reviewing and approving AR monthly reconciliation
• Reviewing all insurance claims prior to payments
• Calculating salary deductions for fuel for staff with company vehicles and staff with vehicle allowances
• Staff management

Strategic Management/Input:

• Strategy formulation and implementation for responsible areas
• Contributing towards the company achieving its objectives

Improve processes and controls to achieve targets set:

• Managing the completion of the annual external audit to keep within budget and to obtain an unqualified audit report
• Assisting in the preparation of the annual financial statements
• Managing the completion of the internal audit process
• Ensuring that finance processes and policies are updated and communicated to employees
• Identifying opportunities for cost control improvement

Requirements:

• Finance related degree with a professional qualification preferred (CIMA or CA equivalent)
• Experience with Syspro, SAP, Excel, OneStream and BI Reporting
• 5-8 years working knowledge in financial reporting, tax law, auditing, and financial record management
• Strong mathematical skills
• Proficiency in accounting and office software
• Experience in a global multinational manufacturing company will be beneficial

Desired Skills:

• Financial Management
• Strategic Planning
• Staff Management
• Forecasting
• Financial Reporting