Finance Manager

2 weeks ago

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Aspen Pharma Group Full time R1 200 000 - R2 400 000 per year

Overview:

  • Ensuring that the statement of financial position and statement of financial performance areas relating to factory finance and costing & management accounting areas is fairly represented.
  • Oversee and manage the factory finance and costing & management accounting functions
  • Guide and oversee the implementation and management of costing, accounting and other financial policies and processes within the company
  • Provide operational financial guidance to direct subordinates and to factory management teams, driving financial objectives within facilities
  • Oversee and consolidate accurate and timeous reporting for management and strategic decision-making

Responsibilities:
Planning, Policies and Systems

  • Review and manage the implementation of aligned and compliant financial policies and procedures
  • Oversee costing policies, systems and methods, ensuring integrity, accuracy and security of costing tables and data

Operational Management

  • Review and sign off on financial reports, forecasts, budgets etc.
  • Manage the annual budget in a manner that ensures alignment with operational plan
  • Recommend system and process improvements for SA Operations
  • Recommend, initiate and co-ordinate value added projects
  • Review and approve commercial evaluations, RFQs/RFPs and standard cost
  • Align factory and marketing cost-saving initiatives and identify cost reduction and efficiency improvement opportunities

Financial Management

  • Manage the annual budget and forecasts, ensuring that preparations meet the guidelines and instructions and align with the operational plan
  • Ensure validity, accuracy and completeness of financial information
  • Review reconciliation of balance sheet accounts against the ledger
  • Ensure control and approval of expenses in accordance to approved framework
  • Review and sign off supplier payments and payroll

Audit and Risk Management

  • Review, assess and guide mitigation of all concerns and risks raised
  • Set up effective processes to ensure optimum risk assessment, feasibility assessment and planning are implemented

Unit Management

  • Provide technical and operational input during drafting of the SA
  • Operations strategy and operational objectives
  • Guide operational planning and advise on prioritisation of activities
  • Provide input into budgets and resource requirements for unit
  • Request and allocate assets and resources for the fulfilment of work objectives and monitor their use
  • Provide unit staff with day-to-day direction and tasks

Requirements:
Background/experience

  • Chartered Accountant CA (SA) or equivalent preferred
  • 6 to 8 years' relevant experience in a financial management environment
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment and in the management
  • of staff

Specific Job Skills

  • Computer literacy: proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and a fully integrated ERP system

Competencies

  • Creating clarity
  • Interpreting, interrogating and internalising information
  • Offering insights
  • Maintaining accuracy
  • Managing performance
  • Finalising Outputs
  • Making Decisions
  • Ability to perform under pressure

Aspen fully subscribes to the principles of Employment Equity and will make decisions in line with this ethos.

Closing date: 21 November 2025

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