Financial Manager - Flexible Packaging Manufacturing - Western Cape

Talentsphere; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established flexible packaging manufacturing company in the Western Cape is seeking a Financial Manager. This role entails full responsibility for financial and administrative functions, ensuring compliance with regulations and driving the financial health of the company. Ideal candidates will have relevant academic qualifications, significant managerial experience, and the ability to work effectively in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Essential prior experience as a Financial Manager or senior accountant.
• Management experience overseeing a team is preferred.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment dealing with stock is essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing all financial and administrative functions with compliance.
• Overseeing creditors and debtors functions within the financial department.
• Coordinating budget processes and preparing financial reporting.

Skills

Communication

Initiative

Finance

Management

Education

BCom or diploma in accounting

Tools

Syspro

Job description

A well-established flexible packaging manufacturing company requires the above to report to the CEO taking full responsibility for managing and overseeing all financial and administrative functions of the company to ensure compliance with financial and administrative aspects so that laws and regulations are adhered to.
Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification that being either a BCom or diploma in accounting or related finance qualification is preferred.
• Previous experience having worked as a Financial Manager or a senior accountant is essential for the role.
• Previous experience having worked within a manufacturing environment dealing with stock is essential for the role.
• Previous management experience having managed a team of people is preferred for the role.
• The successful candidate must have good communication skills and be able to take initiative.
• Previous experience having worked on Syspro or a related ERP System is preferred.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Reporting to the CEO taking full responsibility for all financial and administrative functions of the company and ensuring compliance to financial and administrative aspects so that laws and regulations are adhered to.
• Overseeing and managing all creditors and debtors functions within the financial department.
• Managing and coordinating budget processes as well as compiling budget and forecasts as well as cash flow projections.
• Optimising working capital and preparing and presenting financial and management reporting to senior management and directors of the company.
• Managing and overseeing treasury for the company and giving input to business risk and control management.
• ensuring compliance with financial and administrative aspects so that laws and regulations are not breached.
• Overseeing and ensuring the fixed asset register is maintained.
• Ensuring preparation of annual budget plan, collecting of all relevant budget information, preparing a proper income statement, forecasting for quarterly and reporting and annual budgets.
• Preparing accurate income statement forecasting for budgeting purposes.
• Overseeing, managing and assisting with annual audits and preparing and assisting with annual risk assessments in line with the group requirements.
• Overseeing monitoring and preparing monthly management accounts as well as vat reconciliations.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.

Desired Skills:

• Western Cape
• Packaging Manufacturing
• Flexible Packaging Manufacturing
• finance
• Financial Manager