Finance Manager

The suitable candidate’s main responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

Basic Function

The position is responsible and accountable for producing the following result:

• Ensuring that adequate and compliant financial controls are in place within the business to mitigate financial risk.
• Providing accurate, up-to-date, relevant and compliant financial related information to management and other stakeholders as input to operational and strategic business activities.

Strategic Work

• Oversee and manage the preparation of financial budgets and forecasts.
• Continual analysis of financial information against budgets and prior periods in order to provide input for tactical decision making.
• Develop and deploy processes, procedures, and work standards to improve the efficiency of the
• Financial function within the division.
• Provide key input to Commercial and Operational activities for continuous improvement projects.
• Streamlining and improving financial management and business administrative processes to reduce work burden and improve accuracy and speed of financial information.
• Identify and mitigate Financial and related risks including but not limited to Fraud, Tax, Forex, Liquidity, Debtor Aging, WIP, Billing and unrecorded liabilities
• Develop, implement, and deploy standardised systems to ensure stringent financial controls.
• Embrace and drive the deployment of the People Journey and development within the division and particularly the financial Internship programme
• Support the company’s BBBEE verification and level improvement activities.

Tactical Work

• Day-to-Day management of the Group Finance function.
• Oversee the preparation issuance of periodic financial information and presentations to stakeholders as necessary (Operations Management, Exco, Board) including:

Flash Reports including Balance Sheet reconciliation

Financial Budgets and Quarterly Forecasts.

Manco Financial Pack and Management Accounts

Board, Cluster packs

• Oversee Annual Financial Audits in accordance with the business and financiers’ timelines.
• Provide input to commercial and operational functions for the purpose of cost price development, preparing project appraisals and cost/benefit (IRR) analysis.
• Weekly/Monthly Cashflow monitoring and forecasting including key supplier payments and debtor collections
• Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team
• Manage relationship third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced
• Oversee the division’s transaction procession systems providing guidance on correct processing to operational heads and team members, particularly Billing and Projects and maintenance work in progress costs.
• Oversee inventory management function including the controls around the transacting and movement of warehouse and project stock
• Review and approve all purchases in line with BPC Procurement policies and guidelines
• Prepare and submit various statutory requirements.
• Ensure that the division complies with all legal and regulatory requirements
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies
• Support with necessary requests and matters involving the business’s financiers, customers supplier and Cluster reporting.

Preferred qualifications/attributes/skills:

• BCom Degree/Diploma in Accounting.
• At least 4 years’ experience in a management role with at least over 5 direct reports.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Tables
• Exposure to SQL databases, Power Query and Power BI for report writing
• Experience with SAP, Syspro or Microsoft Dynamics ERP systems including FSM.
• Experience in a manufacturing and/or projects environment.
• Self-starter with strong attention to detail.
• Team management and development skills, including basic HR practices.
• The role is based role in Centurion and Office based.