An exciting opportunity awaits a seasoned Senior Financial Manager, who is a strategic thinker, process driven and analytical by nature! Our client, a leading citrus enterprises based in Patensie, is seeking to appoint a Senior Financial Manager to their dynamic and progressive team. An awesome career opportunity awaits!
Overarching Responsibility: Taking full responsibility of all financial matters relating to the business.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; preference given to candidates holding a CA qualification
- 10+ years’ work / business experience in a financial capacity
- 5+ years in a financial management role
- Proven strategic business track record in a Financial Management capacity.
Financial Management:
- Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
- Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
- Use hedging to mitigate financial risks related to the interest rates on the company’s borrowings, as well as on its foreign exchange positions
- Maintain banking relationships
- Assist in determining the company’s proper capital structure
- Arrange for equity financing and debt financing
- Invest funds
- Recommend appropriate dividend issuances, based on historical dividend patterns and expected cash flows
Budgeting:
- Manage the preparation of the company’s budget
- Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
- Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction
Financial Analysis:
- Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company
- Review the performance of competitors and report on key issues to management
- Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
- Interpret the company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
- Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
- Participate in target costing activities to create products that meeting predetermined price goals
- Assist in the determination of product pricing in relation to features offered and competitor pricing
- Compile key business metrics and report on them to management
- Manage the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
- Create additional analyses and reports as requested by management
Other factors:
- Process driven
- Building business controls throughout the operation
- High business management acumen
- Analytical
- Strategic thinker
- Forward thinker
- Team player
- Dynamic
- High level of integrity
Cost to company package commensurate with senior role!