Finance Manager required for large blue chip manufacturing group.

Qualifications:
B.Com Accounting or related Degree.
Honours will be an advantage

Experience:
A minimum of 5 years experience at a similar level.
10 + Years experience in a financial environment
International financial experience will be an advantage
Pastel, QAD, Excel Advanced, Qlikview and Microsoft AX will be an advantage
Strong Systems skills

Duties:
• In-depth knowledge of financial principles, processes, compliance and internal control environment
• Good understanding of relevant legislation
• Good understanding of core business principles and processes
• Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment
• Good knowledge of International Trade, Forex and payment instruments.

Support strategic business plan:

• Ascertain departmental requirements
• Give input into business planning process
• Align departmental plan to business plan
• Cascade plan to staff in meaningful way
• Delegate appropriate authority levels to key managers
• Review plan quarterly to ensure currency and appropriateness
• Proactively assess future business needs
• Communicate big picture to staff

Manage finance operations:

• Prepare/review monthly management accounts & all related functions
• Hold formal and informal discussions with staff
• Provide problem solving assistance
• Review reconciliations for all transactions
• Ensure adequate explanations for all over/under expenditure
• Manage fixed asset process
• Manage all tax processes
• Manage internal & external audit process
• Ensure ethical and professional conduct by all staff, at all times
• Co-ordinate administration service

Effective People Management:

• Ensure job descriptions and performance contracts are in place for all staff
• Conduct and record quarterly performance reviews
• Investigate and resolve non-performance issues timeously
• Ensure the recruitment strategy aligns to the business plan
• Ensure timeous and accurate succession planning
• Ensure organizational focus on Employment Equity and Diversity issues
• Foster a spirit of committed teamwork
• Ensure a disciplinary code is in place, and in use
• Undertake skills assessments to ascertain corporate skills value
• Actively encourage and support training
• Assess career development needs against organizational needs
• Proactively identify opportunities for individual development
• Identify a clear line of succession and develop action plans
• Develop contingency plans to ensure organizational sustainability

Manage relationships and interfaces:
• Maintain an open door policy
• Remove operational obstacles
• Provide problem-solving assistance
• Delegate appropriate authority
• Implement and monitor effective business communication process
• Encourage team-based decision making
• Build relationships to ensure enduring business affiliations
• Solve critical issues

Maintain sound corporate governance:
• Decision-making only after appropriate consultation
• Consider the position of related stakeholders
• Justification for decisions
• Decision-making for the organisational
• Lead by example in organisational ethics and morals
• Take strong action against non-adherence to values, ethics and codes
• Full accountability - with relevant explanations
• Facilitate access to information

Leadership:

• Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for the department
• Develop and maintain a high performance team
• Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with relevant legal and statutory requirements, meet principles of sound corporate governance and internationally accepted standards