Business & Financial Manager: Plant Operations

2 weeks ago


Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Abantu Staffing Solutions Full time

Role Summary

The Plant Financial Manager: Strategic Oversight is a critical role within our organization, responsible for providing financial expertise to ensure the effective management of plant operations. This position requires a seasoned finance professional with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Financial Strategy
    • General Financial Management
      • Provide financial analysis and support to management and all operational areas of the business.
      • Monitor and support debtors and creditors.
      • Maintain the fixed asset register.
      • Control intercompany balancing.
      • Review weekly payroll.
      • Review and action financial variances (budget/forecast).
      • Review and action balance sheet account variances.
      • Ensure compliance with IFRS.
      • Maintain the plant Capex and tooling reports.
      • Generate information and reports for internal and external use.
    • Internal Control
      • Comply with internal controls.
      • Maintain and review the risk register.
    • Budgets/forecasts
      • Participate in the budget/forecast process.
      • Prepare budgets and forecasts for plants.
      • Prepare plant P/L and balance sheet forecasts.
  • Financial Reporting
    • Financial pack
      • Prepare financial reports and returns (monthly BU/plant financial pack).
    • Flash results
      • Compile the BU/plant flash results and analyse variances.
    • Weekly sales report
      • Compile and review weekly sales reports.
    • General ledger
      • Prepare provisions and accruals.
      • Compile royalties schedule for month-end processing.
      • Prepare general ledger journals.
      • Compile general ledger reconciliations.
    • Capex, tooling and fixed assets
      • Prepare and maintain a Capex and tooling register tracking actual spend against approved spend, planning future profitability and cash flows of the projects.
      • Prepare Capex requisitions with all relevant information regarding the Capex project.
      • Support useful life and residual value of fixed assets analysis.
      • Maintain the BU/plant tooling reports.
    • Audits and year-end processes
      • Prepare and plan the year-end statutory audit (external and internal) in line with the consolidated audit plan.
      • Prepare and arrange royalty audits.
    • Costing
      • Calculate landed cost on all import shipments.
      • Prepare/review DA 190 (declaration of imported components and raw materials).
      • Investigate purchase price variances (PPV).
      • Generate variance report of actuals to budgeted information.
    • Stock control
      • Compile daily stock holding report.
      • Oversee stock takes.
      • Assist with investigating stock count variances.
      • Overall responsibility for stock.
    • Cash management
      • Oversee the cash management function of the plant.
      • Monitor daily cash positions and cash flows to ensure settlement and maximise performance.
      • Manage cash flow and working capital for the plant.
    • Debtors management
      • Review debtors' age analysis, providing an analysis and action plans for debt collections.
    • Creditors
      • Review creditors' age analysis and GRNI providing an analysis and action plans.
    • Forex
      • Review Forex forecasts.
      • Plant FEC contracts based on AP requirements.
    • Continuous improvement
      • Identify improvement opportunities and make recommendations for improvements.
      • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
    • Reporting
      • Prepare financial reports and returns.
      • Generate information and reports for internal and external use.


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