Financial Qualifications - B-Comm Accounting or equivalent
SAP Experience
Previous Manufacturing experience will be an advantageous
Advanced Excel skills
Previous Management experience - Mentoring a team
Great communication skills - verbal and written.
Process improvement.
Review the companys internal processes and propose improvements.
Manual processes that need to be updated and automated where possible.
Improve the outputs of functions through process improvement.
Team Management.
Upskilling of Finance & Controlling (FiCo) Team members. Collaborate in identifying the skill gaps in each of the team members and have an agreed measurable that you will assess them on.
Have a timetable agreed upon for the finance team (including an overall team target and individual targets) that will allow the finance function to achieve deadlines.
Finance-Company Relations.
Improving the relations between the finance function and the rest of the company.
Collaborate in meetings with Heads of Department and where necessary, give support to achieve budget targets.
Reporting.
Oversee the timely submission of financial reports to the Group and internally
Ensuring that month-end reporting is completed by the date set by the Group
Ensuring that year-end reporting is completed by the date set by the Group
Improving debtors' days
Oversee preparation of regular cash flow forecasting.
Collaborate on improvement milestones to be presented to the GM
Reducing Cost.
Assessing cash drains and discussing improvements with the FiCo Manager and GM.
Specific Projects for the Company.
Collaborate in assessment & reduction of Balance Sheet liabilities
Collaborate in assessment & reduction of Balance Sheet provisions