Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Tych Business Solutions Full time

**Job ID**: 76329**Date Posted**: Posted 4 hours ago**Location**: Durban**Job Title**: FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER - DURBAN - KWAZULU NATAL

Key performance areas
- Work closely with the site Finance Managers in order to provide support, achieve and measure performance, and implement best practice.
- Drive best practice and a culture of continuous improvement in FP&A through Finance BP KPI development and tracking
- Prepare and design new reporting models with process driven CI methodology to improve presentation and level of data analytics
- Review the monthly performance and monitor against Strategic KPIs, providing insights to Exco and Senior Management
- Implement standardized business processes and reporting templates where applicable
- Support the site Finance Managers in preparation and compilation of client strategic financial plan
- Ensure Finance is at the heart of the decision-making process, bringing rigor to the evaluation and implementation of value
- enhancing decisions.
- Bring financial understanding to business decisions by ensuring alternatives are thoroughly evaluated and the optimum decision is taken
- Develop a good understanding of cost drivers and identify opportunities for optimizing profitability, managing costs down and more cost-effective route to market
- Focus on streamlining processes and evolving reporting to suit the specific requirements of the business over time
- Consolidate P&L forecasting and budgeting including causals, analysis, and insightful management reporting in a standardized format for the function
- Provide relevant, understandable information, insight, and challenge to functional teams
- Lead on projects to deliver the function’s strategy
- Undertake appropriate benchmarking and market analysis
- Support and review site Cost to Serve Model and present key insights to Functional Head, for decision making
- Support and review Product Costing Models (input to Cost to Serve) on a quarterly basis
- Assist in preparation of IRR and Capital Viability models to support strategic decision making
- Review the monthly TCOL and present any key insights for decision making
- Prepare profit impacts for changes in cost drivers and macro assumptions for presentation to Functional Head
- Obtain an understanding of the Operating and Manufacturing Model and ensure alignment to the Bill of Materials
- Ensure the standard costing methodology is in line with Group Policy and IFRS
- Review monthly variances to standard costing and obtain reasons for key variances from Site Finance Manager
- Prepare monthly stock valuation journal for review, reflecting variance to latest forecast
- Prepare functional performance report (production and sales), identifying key variances to latest estimates
- Review the Biological assets valuation and Root Depreciation Models for reasonableness and trace to supporting documentation
- Ensure SASA Sugar Industry proceeds and related transactions are accurate
- Notify Treasury of funding requirements for SASA outward and incoming funds
- Prepare all sugar industry related journal entries for review
- Update all sugar industry related models
- Manage the SASA Season end AUP process with external auditors and SASA Finance team
- Submit all mandatory information, per SASA timetable
- Ensure all SASA rules are implemented and complied with
- Obtain an understanding of the Sugar Industry Agreement, Main Principles Document and other relevant SASA documentation

Minimum specifications / requirement areas
- CA(SA) / CIMA / CTA
- 3-5 years’ experience working in Finance function
- Strong business analysis skills and a deep understanding of the company business and value chain
- Exceptional accounting and reporting skills.
- Ability to work with people at various levels of the business.
- Strong bias towards customer service excellence
- Results driven and attention to detail
- Resilient, ability to cope and thrive under pressure
- Value alignment to company values
- Key Culture Attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork; effectively leads and communicates because

our people matter



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