Commercial Finance Manager

4 days ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time R1 200 000 - R1 800 000 per year


Commercial Finance Manager

Minimum Requirements:

  • Matric (Grade 12)
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
  • 7 to 10 years of FP&A or business partnering experience
  • Data-savvy, strong SAP knowledge with a minimum of 3 years practical experience
  • Business partnering skills, influencing, learning agility, transparency and ethical conduct
  • A fluent level of English language is required due to international exposure

Responsibilities:

  • Business partnering:
  • Manage reporting and approval process for commercial project and monthly reports
  • Support with creation of business opportunities, utilizing business case to support Profit Plan and annual business targets
  • Foster and maintain effective cross-functional relationships between
  • Finance, Sales, Marketing,
  • Supply Chain and Customer Service
  • Conduct project pricing analysis, including profitability, benchmarking, cost savings, and competitive assessments
  • Perform Quarterly -annual analysis, comparing accounts' P&L against proposed pricing conditions and Market conditions to evaluate the impact on profitability
  • Proactive commercial business relationship management and partnership
  • Build strong relationships with the members of the country leadership team
  • Co-pilot the country's performance to profitable growth
  • Ensure real-time support, financial guidance, and improved insights into business performance and informed decision making
  • Provide decision support for commercial deals, pricing actions and investment opportunities
  • Build strong business and commercial acumen through direct relationships with the customers and business units
  • Assess and advice on appropriate actions to manage business and finance risk and communicate impact effectively
  • Lead or support the development of business cases
  • Analytics:
  • Provide insights into the business performance for the areas under responsibility and quality commentaries for monthly reporting requirements
  • Lead the business partnering support for the annual profit plans and monthly forecasting working together with the country leadership teams
  • Specific focus on margins and profitability analytics
  • Leadership and continuous improvement:
  • Proactively build a strong team to drive the value in the organization
  • Design and propose financial solutions to business challenges while maintaining governance and financial controls
  • Continuously improve tools to get better insights into the business
  • Prioritize demands, proactively manage expectations of the stakeholders
  • Lead projects, apply business acumen and commercial awareness to deliver business objectives
  • Coordinate the finance support to the country and zone leadership teams on ad-hoc projects and requests
  • Board member of the local company based on company request and needs



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