A leading company in the FMCG (Foods) industry is looking at appointing a Financial Manager with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in leading and managing a financial team.
Key responsibilities: • Review of monthly detailed general ledger line items • Ensuring allocations of income and expenses between different departments are done correctly • Manage all month-end close-offs • Preparation and review of various balance sheet and income statement recons • Preparation and review of various month-end provisions and accruals • Preparation of various provisional and annual tax calculations and returns • Preparation of monthly VAT submissions and VAT reconciliations • Preparation and presentation of management accounts and commentaries • Preparation of monthly group consolidated accounts • Submission of monthly results on Onestream for Group Reporting • Preparation of monthly Board Packs • Preparation and management of budgets & forecasts. • Planning and managing the group’s cashflow • Develop, implement and manage financial systems/policies • Review and approval of weekly payments • Import payments – complete instructions / send to bank / follow up with swift copies / OFAC issues • Action various SAP approvals • STATS SA submissions – monthly, quarterly and yearly • Manage all finance related touchpoints with the company’s Retail shop • Manage and own system master data relevant to areas of influence • Managing a total staff complement of 13 employees made up out of the debtors team, creditors teams and other administrative support staff. • Manage annual audits • Being the SAP ERP Superuser and go-to person for all system related issues, queries and problem solving • Review current processes and champion change where required • Drive automation of processes in order to unlock efficiencies • Partner with the business to drive key strategic objectives • Be able to stand in for key tasks when the financial director is not available • Other ad hoc duties as required by Finance Director
Qualifications/Skills: • CA(SA) or similar qualification Experience needed: • At least 7 years’ experience in a similar role • Understanding of financial consolidations • Evidence of being a pro-active & hands-on person • Evidence of pursuing continues self-development • Experience in working with multi currencies • Experience in managing group deadlines • Experience in financial reporting and internal controls. • Experience in managing a debtors team and a creditors team and ensuring that open items are resolved within set deadlines • Being proactive to drive cost savings and efficiency gains • Strong IT experience: SQL programming, PowerBI, PowerQuery, VBA would be advantageous.