Finance Manager CA

*Purpose:* A large pharmaceutical manufacturer and wholesaler, providing a dynamic range of products and services is seeking a *Finance Manager *who will deliver accurate and timely financial information from the point of transaction through to financial close, produce key financial information, drive budgeting, forecasting and accurate reporting monthly, quarterly and annually *Key Job Outputs:* * Deliver accounting and financial controls, through effective, efficient and regulatory compliant finance processes and in accordance with GAAP/ IFRS principles * Manage all accounting functions, including general ledger, purchase orders, trade and other payable, inventory, fixed and intangible assets as well as account reconciliations for the division including commercial, manufacturing and laboratory * Manage the division’s treasury function including ensuring compliance with the group’s hedging policy and monitoring of effectiveness * Manage month-end close processes * Prepare the monthly, quarterly and year-end operational finance dashboards, including cash flow statements, working capital balance monitoring, to enable management visibility to key operational finance metrics to enable business processes improvement and or decisions * Provide root cause analysis with recommendations where required * Coordinate risk management within the division to include maintaining and updating of standard operating procedures * Lead the annual audit process ensuring that all deliverables are prepared accurately as per defined deadlines * Manage all internal audit engagements for the division * Ensure that the division complies with all prevailing SARS and other statutory requirements including but not limited to maintaining VAT & Tax packs for the business unit * Develop targeted key performance indicators linked to financial objectives for the finance team * Maintain the Oracle chart of accounts for the division including limits of authority, account combination changes and running of query reports * Prepare monthly management accounts * Resolve management accounting queries * Conduct financial analysis and internal reporting * Manage cash forecasting and budget preparations * Conduct business partnering on the launch of new products * Handle the management of fees and pricing * Regularly conduct ad-hoc analyses and reports as required, including preparing key support analysis in support of business strategies, business performance and profitability reviews for special projects * Improve financial and management accounting controls   *Core Competencies: * * Excellent financial analysis skills and strong attention to detail * Ability to support a cross-functional management teams * Strong analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills * Ability to effectively manage a finance team within a deadline driven environment * Communicated with varied levels of personnel within the company * Sense of