Financial Planner

To provide a high level of support, consolidation and monitoring of various management accounting processes to ensure that the information supplied can be used by senior management in the achievement of profit and productivity targets

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Monthly Fleet reporting preparation, overall control, presentation and submission of the consolidated Fleet function financials
- Monitoring indicators and variables. Month-end processing of financial transactions and consolidation of figures.
- Cost review with line managers
- Ensure sound control measures, policies and governance within the Fleet function which includes the development and updating of process and procedure
- Facilitating the annual plan and short term forecasts within the Fleet function.
- Analyse weekly operational score cards as needed.
- C-Track and SBSA reconciliation
- Manage the Fleet Capin process and the Fleet register
- Drive cost saving initiatives in the respective departments.
- Engage with Operational Managers to deliver on operational opportunities and projects.
- Training of Operational Managers on financial acumen, governance and policy changes.
- Attend monthly Fleet Steercom meetings and SEC meetings with Fleet management team
- Reconciliation of company cars to HR records for the designated drivers
- Regular line item analysis in Fleet general ledger accounts to determine validity and accuracy of entries.
- Frequent benchmarking of Fleet vendors to ensure cost benefits.
- Ad hoc requests within the Fleet function
- Support Primary Distribution Manager on a weekly basis with all PD contractors payments
- Submit information to SSC and follow up on all payments to PD contractors
- Investigate and resolve contractor payment disputes with contractor and or SSC
- Recharge each region for PD costs and resolve any Finance Controller/Finance manager query
- SARBOX compliance

**KEY ATTRIBUTES AND COMPETENCIES**
- Drive financial value through business partnering
- Good administrative, planning and organisational skills
- Good communication skills (at all levels)
- Team player
- Interpersonal skills appropriate to working with senior and line management.
- Assertiveness in ensuring quality requirements are met.
- Ability to persevere and focus on targets.
- Ad-hoc project management.
- Problem solving skills.
- Ability to handle pressure of deadlines and work volumes.
- Customer focused
- Pro-active.
- Business orientation.
- Willingness to collaborate.
- Cost and productivity awareness.
- Attention to detail.
- Analytical thinking

**Skills, Experience & Education**:

- Monthly Fleet reporting preparation, overall control, presentation and submission of the consolidated Fleet function financials
- Monitoring indicators and variables. Month-end processing of financial transactions and consolidation of figures.
- Cost review with line managers
- Ensure sound control measures, policies and governance within the Fleet function which includes the development and updating of process and procedure
- Facilitating the annual plan and short term forecasts within the Fleet function.
- Analyse weekly operational score cards as needed.
- C-Track and SBSA reconciliation
- Manage the Fleet Capin process and the Fleet register
- Drive cost saving initiatives in the respective departments.
- Engage with Operational Managers to deliver on operational opportunities and projects.
- Training of Operational Managers on financial acumen, governance and policy changes.
- Attend monthly Fleet Steercom meetings and SEC meetings with Fleet management team
- Reconciliation of company cars to HR records for the designated drivers
- Regular line item analysis in Fleet general ledger accounts to determine validity and accuracy of entries.
- Frequent benchmarking of Fleet vendors to ensure cost benefits.
- Ad hoc requests within the Fleet function
- Support Primary Distribution Manager on a weekly basis with all PD contractors payments
- Submit information to SSC and follow up on all payments to PD contractors
- Investigate and resolve contractor payment disputes with contractor and or SSC
- Recharge each region for PD costs and resolve any Finance Controller/Finance manager query
- SARBOX compliance

**KEY ATTRIBUTES AND COMPETENCIES**
- Drive financial value through business partnering
- Good administrative, planning and organisational skills
- Good communication skills (at all levels)
- Team player
- Interpersonal skills appropriate to working with senior and line management.
- Assertiveness in ensuring quality requirements are met.
- Ability to persevere and focus on targets.
- Ad-hoc project management.
- Problem solving skills.
- Ability to handle pressure of deadlines and work volumes.
- Customer focused
- Pro-active.
- Business orientation.
- Willingness to collaborate.
- Cost and productivity awareness.
- Attention to detail.
- Analytical thinking

**General**: