Financial Planner

To own the financial responsibility of managing consignment raw materials and ensuring that the associated master data is reviewed and correctly maintained by Procurement. In addition, preparing the necessary reconciliations, true ups / downs.

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Ensure that CCBSA resin stock levels and related liabilities are correctly accounted for and reconciled on a monthly basis.
- Ensure that the CCBSA Aluminium LME is correctly accounted for and reconciled on a monthly basis.
- Strong relationship with CCBSA Planning Department to ensure changes affecting key raw material purchases (resin, aluminium, glass) are understood, follow a rigorous governance process and are correctly accounted for.
- Strong relationship with raw material supplier finance teams to ensure effective working relationship and contract term adherence.
- Problem solves any discrepancies on master data. Work with Technical, Regions and Procurement to resolve / update master data on raw material discrepancies noted.
- Analyse related price and resin consumption variances to ensure accurate monthly recording in SAP.
- Identify and execute process improvement initiatives for raw material accounting.
- Liaise with Planning and Procurement on financial implications and reconciliation impact with respect to the introduction of new or a changed contract terms.
- Preparation of variance analysis against budgets and PF’s and provide insightful commentary.
- Perform annual price planning in SAP (subcontracting).
- Liaise with commodity managers for information sharing and identify focus areas where commodity increases are not in line with CPI or market related, change in contract terms, etc.
- Complete statutory templates covering raw materials purchasing and management.
- Attendance of quarterly stock counts and ensure compliance to hard close and year end procedures.

**Skills, Experience & Education**:

- BCom Honours or equivalent, CIMA Qualified.
- 3-5 years’ operational finance experience.
- Previous experience in costing and contract management an advantage.

**General**:
**Integrity and Trust**

Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

**Ethics and Values**

Adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.

**Customer Focus**

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

**Timely Decision**

Making Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision.

**Comfort Around Higher Management**

Can deal comfortably with more senior managers; can present to more senior managers without undue tension and nervousness; understands how senior managers think and work; can determine the best way to get things done with them by talking their language and responding to their needs; can craft approaches likely to be seen as appropriate and positive.

**Approachability**

Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower, getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.

**Action Oriented**

Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.

**Interpersonal Savvy**

Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

**Organizing**

Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently arranges information and files in a useful manner.

**Knowledge**
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles used to regulate reporting standards.