- Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the company’s strategic plans, including carrying out and reporting on high quality financial and strategic analysis leading to increased profitability
- Manages financial feasibility analysis, evaluations or business projects and advises on the optimisation of resources and profitability of projects within RSA and Botswana business
- Enable strategic financial decision making by supporting the end to end financial process to ensure insights are accessible, readily available and required reporting for internal use
- Consolidate and analyse the management reports for all reporting periods before submission to the Head of Finance for Mancom and Group
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Detailed cost analysis and understanding of the cost drivers for RSA and Botswana
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- Preferred qualifications: A post graduate degree or masters, CA (SA)
COMPETENCIES:
- Planning and organising
- Analysing
- Relating and networking
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
- Deciding and initiating action
- Persuading and influencing
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Presenting and communicating information
- Coping with pressures and setbacks
- Adapting and responding to change
- Leading and supervising
EXPERIENCE:
- 5 – 6 years within a business environment. Heavy industry/ manufacturing/ FMCG experience would be an advantage
- At least 3 years relevant experience supporting executive management in a similar environment
KEY OUTPUTS:
- Conducts special studies to analyse complex financial actions and prepares recommendations for policy, procedure, control or action
- Provides interpretation of financial policies, governmental legislation, accounting theory or customer financial regulations
- Understanding finance processes across the entire finance function impacting on the income statement and balance sheet
- Analyses financial information to determine present and future financial performance of the International business
- Evaluates complex profit plans, operating records and financial statements. Makes recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies
- Researches and prepares economic reports on subjects such as rate of return, depreciation, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements
- Work with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve/optimize our business performance through consultation, in-depth research, advanced problem solving skills, and process analyses
- This will be inclusive of aggregating, analysing, and interpreting data to determine the optimal course of action and presenting a comprehensive report of your findings/results and recommendations directly to the business
- Deriving business insight and developing recommendations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience with state-of-the-art advanced analytic and quantitative tools, modelling techniques, and data procedures
- Identify and leverage subject matter experts and resources within other departments in the companies as necessary throughout duration of project
- Utilize reporting tools to gather data for review and analysis
- Create final deliverable in a variety of formats (formal papers, PowerPoint, etc.) to summarize
completed analysis, best practices or recommendations and present all findings directly to
client - Enhance current financial & quantitative analysis tools
- Participate in and present information to senior management team during meetings.
- Monthly, quarterly and annual management reports
- Detailed cost analysis
Desired Skills:
- CA
- Business analysis
- Manufacturing
Desired Qualification Level:
- Honours
About The Employer:
Leading manufacturing company in South Africa