AUTOMOTIVE PLANT CONTROLLER, ROSSLYN PRETORIA, RNEG +BEN
• ENGINEERING DEGREE+ FINANCIAL DEGREE
• 10 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN AUTOMOTIVE
• PLANT LEVEL FAMILIARITY WITH INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• EXP OF FLOWS GOOD ACCOUNTING
• BUSINESS MINDED PERSON
• STRONG TEAMWORK ORIENTATED
• GOOD COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
• FLUENT IN ENGLISH
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
The role of the Plant Controller is to manage the controlling of a plant in order to guarantee and optimize the plant's financial performance and competitiveness. The main missions of the role are to
* Ensure compliance to all financial procedures Develop, execute and control internal finance procedures including spending authorization in accordance with Group procedures and policies
Ensure site activities are compliant with CLIENT’S finance related procedures (product flow, inventory, routings, …), and internal control basics
* Provide reliable financial/controlling information in close relationship with other operational and support functions Lead all financial forecasting processes (budget, periodic forecast, …)
Manage reporting process ensuring reliability, consistency, transparency and delay compliance
Ensure reliability of standard costing
Provide all necessary controlling analysis including variance analysis/standard costs, margin/programs, plant budgetary control , squeeze management and follow up of sales and purchasing prices,…
Collaborate with Shared Service Center obtaining/providing/validating proper finance information
Control and manage the plant’s operating cash flow (capex, inventories, overdues) In liaison with Shared Service Center provide all necessary information requested by internal and external auditors, and others local external authorities
For new programs : Participate in Business Plan validation, and ensure consistency with plant financial information
Monitor the program start up and establish variances versus last reference business plan Participate in the program post-audit, be the finance lead person in the tracking of convergence plan related to plant activities
Act as a business partner toward the plant management, and provide recommendation to the management
Participate, with the management of the plant, in the development of action plans resulting from relevant analysis in order to achieve the operational targets, increase plant’s financial profitability and cash optimisation (especially identification and implementation of productivity plans)
Follow financial impact and progress of action plans
Ensure financial awareness of plant operational teams
Ensure the management and development of the controlling team