Group Finance Manager

General Summary

Key responsibilities will include: Providing leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team, providing finance-related strategic recommendations to the CEO / executive management team, ensuring the accuracy, validity and completeness of management and financial accounting for the Group. Analysis, budgeting, reporting, and ensuring that all accounting, and regulatory requirements and deadlines are met and all records are maintained.

Report to the CEO

Responsibilities

• Financial Management: Manage the company's financial operations. Ensure that the financial transactions, policies, and procedures meet the organization's short and long-term business objectives and are conducted in accordance with regulations, accounting principles, and standards.
• Oversee cash flow management, liquidity, and banking relationships to ensure adequate funding for operations and strategic investments.
• Manage and support finance, debtors, creditors, and cost accounting teams
• Provide strategic financial insight and analytics to the group to facilitate responsible decision making.
• Keep up to date with IFRS standards and all accounting concept, practices, and procedures.
• Overseeing commercial contracts with suppliers, retailers, agents to ensure that they are not commercially onerous
• Provide oversight on procurement and IT departments.
• Liaise with auditors, bankers, and insurers
• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement the financial strategy of the company. This includes long-term financial planning and forecasting, risk management, and investment strategies.
• Act as a strategic business partner to the CEO and COO, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, driving business growth, supporting in setting business objectives, defining necessary actions/initiatives, implementing strategies, and ensuring successful execution of business plans.
• Monitor and drive financial performance against business objectives and commitments with investors. Implement action plans to improve financial performance where necessary, detailing risks and opportunities for achievement. Proactively capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks through strategic financial leadership skills;
• Implement and monitor compliance with all financial and accounting standards (IFRS and PFMA), procurement (PPPFA), CIPC and tax requirements

Qualification, Experience & Attributes:

8 years post qualification financial management experience – within a manufacturing environment;

Registered CA (SA);

Tax, and financial regulatory and reporting requirements (IFRS);

Strong costing and management accounting experience;

Strong SYSPRO experience essential;

Excellent communication, reporting and interpersonal skills, verbal and written;

Strong ability to solve problems and suggesting re-engineering methodologies