Head - Finance - Manufacturing

Qualifications: 

- Tertiary business qualification

- Professional accounting qualification (CPA, CIMA or equivalent)

- Business/Technical Skills, (eg. computing, negotiating, leadership, projects)

- Strong Written and Oral communication skills

- Leadership - strong people management skills

- Strong financial analysis skills

High level computer skills - previous experience in using ERP based systems.

Experience ( Technical and Behavioural): 

Essential:

- 10 years senior accounting and management experience

- FMCG manufacturing experience

Desired:

- FMCG manufacturing experience specifically in manufacturing and/or sales accounting roles

- Project and/or IT management experience

- Procurement experience

Job Profile:

- Continuous improvement of management accounting information

- Accurate and deadlines met

- Agreed information delivered in agreed time frames

- Provide timely and accurate information to management and the business to assist in driving improved business results.

- Maximize the use of cost effective technology to improve reporting

- Support and drive initiatives that deliver business targets

- Provide financial support, commercial analysis and insights on key business initiatives and projects

- Contribute to the development of business strategies

- Drive commercial decision making

- Finance and administration department costs below budget

- Debtors current 85% or more.

- Leadership of the procurement function incl. effective purchasing practices, vendor management and business support

- Leadership of the admin function including efficient and cost effective admin processes

- Compliance with group checklist and standards

- Ongoing standardization and centralization of accounting and admin processes

- Continuous development and improvement of procedures as a key to improving control

- Immediate addressing of identified weaknesses

- Annual audit clearance without significant issue.

- Extend the use of technology to tighten cost effective improvement of controls.

- Performance management

- Skills development

- Tax returns completed on time

- All other statutory obligations fulfilled