Financial Manager â Management Cost Accounting â Manufacturing

1 month ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Jobted ZA C2 Full time

Minimum requirements for the role:

- A degree in accounting, or finance or a CIMA or related qualification is essential for the role.
- Previous experience working in a Senior Finance Cost Management role or a Financial Analysis role within supply chain finance, with a proven track record in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of financial planning, analysis, and operational processes is essential.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to influence and partner with cross-functional teams.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in financial processes.
- Demonstrate knowledge of activity based costings is essential.
- Personal leadership skills, with proven ability to build, influence and sustain relationships at all levels of the organisation.
- Previous experience having worked on a fully integrated financial/ERP System is essential (SAP preferred).
- The successful candidate must have strong analytical skills, be able to handle complexity and achieve results as well as work to tight deadlines.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must have advanced Excel skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Working closely with the supply chain, commercial and manufacturing teams to ensure that all financial costing is handled and managed thoroughly within this international food manufacturing plant. Suggesting corrective action for financial variances between current results, prior year, forecast and budget. Distinguishing and quantifying volume and rate impact in analysis and communicate all financial results to the senior management team.
- Differentiating material versus immaterial variances, analysing and reconciling balances on the income statement and balance sheet, identifying the pertinent focus areas and communicate to local and regional management. Managing the progression of variances through the balance sheet to the income statement as well as key ratios and the components that comprise each metric.
- Maintaining SOX compliance and identify areas of weakness and suggesting and implementing solutions to minimize risk.
- Planning, identifying, gathering and organizing data to create forward looking financial information for multiple segments of the local business, with a detail knowledge of the basis used to create the information including the sources, methods, activities and drivers used. Managing financial planning processes (budgeting and forecasting activities and strategic plan, as applicable).
- Providing financial support with regards to initiative, investment return, balancing cost with performance as well as the impact of operational decisions.
- Acting as a financial business partner to the procurement and commercial teams assisting them to achieve targets on sourcing functional, cash release, and supporting pricing negotiations with customers.
- Implementing and streamlining the process of hidden FX management. Driving, improving and owning PPV reporting and analysis throughout actuals, forecasts and budget.
- Implementing and conducting regular PPV SOX controls to support procurement teams in potential claims with suppliers.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.



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