Senior Finance Manager

CA Financial Appointments; Limpopo; On-site; ZAR 2,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CA in Limpopo is seeking a commercially minded finance leader to help a growing food manufacturer turn numbers into better margins, stronger cash flow and smarter decisions on the factory floor. You will sit on the management team, report to the Managing Director and shape how the business prices, produces and grows.

If you enjoy interrogating operations and delivering measurable impact, this role is built for you.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial functions in manufacturing.
• Ability to build costing models across materials, labour and overheads.
• Proven track-record in budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management.

Responsibilities

• Leading financial management, monthly management accounts and month-end and year-end processes
• Building and maintaining product costing models across materials, packaging, labour and overheads
• Partnering with Factory Manager to track yields, wastage, labour efficiency and cost variances
• Leading the annual budget and rolling forecasts for sales, production, costs and cash flow
• Managing cash flow, working capital, debtors, creditors and banking relationships
• Strengthening controls over stock, purchasing, payments and capital expenditure
• Analysing product, customer and channel profitability to guide pricing and negotiations
• Coordinating external audits and ensuring tax, VAT and statutory compliance
• Leading and developing the finance team and improving reporting through Syspro

Skills

Financial management

Management accounting

Budgeting & forecasting

Costing models

Strategic finance

Stakeholder management

Education

CA(SA) or equivalent

Tools

Syspro

Job description

Why join this team?

We're looking for a commercially minded finance leader to help a growing food manufacturer turn numbers into better margins, stronger cash flow and smarter decisions on the factory floor.

This is more than a reporting role. You'll sit on the management team, report directly to the Managing Director and shape how the business prices, produces and grows. If you enjoy getting close to operations, challenging assumptions and seeing your insight make a measurable difference, this role is built for you.

What you will be doing:

• Leading financial management, monthly management accounts and month-end and year-end processes
• Building and maintaining product costing models across raw materials, packaging, labour and overheads
• Partnering with the Factory Manager to track yields, wastage, labour efficiency and cost variances
• Leading the annual budget and rolling forecasts for sales, production, costs and cash flow
• Managing cash flow, working capital, debtors, creditors and banking relationships
• Strengthening controls over stock, purchasing, payments and capital expenditure
• Analysing product, customer and channel profitability to guide pricing and negotiations
• Coordinating external audits and ensuring tax, VAT and statutory compliance
• Leading and developing the finance team and improving reporting through Syspro