Job Description

Duties:

• Support the GFM to execute the finance strategy ensuring operational alignment with established plans and policies.
• Manage and support their teams ensuring that they remain consistent with the businessxe2x80x99s overall strategy.
• Mentor key personnel in their business area, ensuring their constant professional growth, and assisting them in the execution of their duties where necessary.
• Managing resource capacity and cross-skill growth opportunities.
• Developing and growing people, focusing on the teamxe2x80x99s core strengths and skills. Building and maintaining a healthy talent pool for this business unit.
• Ensuring participative leadership and strong communication within the team
• Collaboration with all business areas
• Coaching and peer-to-peer learning
• Maintain data and information relevant to service and operations for the purpose of conducting analyses that influence service-specific decision-making.
• Proficiency in financial analysis, being able to identify opportunities and the development of financially viable long-term service and operation plans (GP on client level)
• Monitor weekly financial performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions, and minimizing risk.
• Continuous Monitoring of client and creditor accounts and weekly risk analysis.
• Renewal of policies with Debtor Insurer.
• Handling and managing credit applications with Suppliers.
• Manage creditors process to completion for month ends.
• Understand and comply with IFRS for SMEs.
• Understand and comply with credit insurance and financing agreements.
• Contribute to annual audit process for the group (pre-yearly audit meetings, coordination of Finance managers)
• Managing external stakeholder relationships (Tax Advisors, Statutory advisors, auditors) within defined parameters.

Job Experience & Skills Required:

• Relevant tertiary education (BCom Honors).
• Completed SAICA or SAIPA Articles (Advantageous)
• 3-5 years post-article experience.
• Previous logistics industry experience will be essential.
• Shipshape and Pastel Evolution/SAGE Intacct experience will be an advantage.

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