Plant Controller

3 days ago

Pretoria, South Africa Headhunters Full time

**OUR CLIENT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY BASED IN PRETORIA IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO EMPLOY A PLANT CONTROLLER.**

**Main purpose of the position**:

- The Plant Controller is responsible for managing the financial aspects of the operations in order to guarantee and optimize the plant’s financial performance and competitiveness.

**Requirements**:

- Business School or Engineering background with a Finance degree or Masters.
- Degree in Finance / CA.
- 3 to 10 years of professional controlling experience at automotive manufacturing plant level.
- Familiarity with industrial Information Systems and Flows.
- Good accounting knowledge.
- **SAP essential.**:

- English required.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Ensure the management and development of the controlling team.**:

- **Ensure compliance to all financial procedures.**:

- Develop, execute and control internal finance procedures including spending authorization in accordance with Group procedures and policies.
- Ensure site activities are compliant with company finance related procedures (product flow, inventory, routings), and internal control basics.
- **Provide reliable financial/controlling information in close relationship with other operational and support functions.**:

- Lead all financial forecasting processes (budget, periodic forecast).
- Manage reporting process ensuring reliability, consistency, transparency and delay compliance.
- Ensure reliability of standard costing.
- Provide all necessary controlling analysis including variance analysis/standard costs, margin/programs, plant budgetary control, squeeze management and follow up of sales and purchasing prices.
- Collaborate with the centre obtaining/ providing/ validating proper finance information.
- Control and manage the plant’s operating cash flow (capex, inventories, overdues).
- In liaison with the Centre provide all necessary information requested by internal and external auditors, and others local external authorities.
- **For new programs.**:

- Participate in Business Plan validation, and ensure consistency with plant financial information.
- Monitor the program start up and establish variances versus last reference business plan.
- Participate in the program post-audit, be the finance lead person in the tracking of convergence plan related to plant activities.
- **Act as a business partner toward the plant management, and provide recommendation to the management.**:

- Participate, with the management of the plant, in the development of action plans resulting from relevant analysis in order to achieve the operational targets, increase plant’s financial profitability and cash optimization (especially identification and implementation of productivity plans).
- Follow financial impact and progress of action plans.
- Ensure financial awareness of plant operational teams.

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