Finance Executive
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Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The role is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership aligned with operational realities ensuring effective cost management margin control and strong cash flow. The incumbent will drive financial governance enhance controls and improve visibility across the business to support sustainable profitability and operational efficiency.
Salary:
Negotiable
Responsibilities:
- Lead the finance function and ensure robust financial management practices across the organisation.
- Provide actionable financial insights to Executive Management to support decision-making.
- Drive a cost-conscious performance-driven culture.
- Prepare and present monthly quarterly and annual financial reports including Board sub-committee and statutory reporting.
- Take full ownership of repairs and maintenance (R&M) costs.
- Work closely with Fleet Workshop Stores and SHEQ teams to ensure operational alignment.
- Analyse cost variances and implement corrective actions while maintaining operational uptime.
- Oversee spares and inventory management across all depots.
- Address negative variances and stock losses.
- Strengthen stores controls and accountability frameworks.
- Ensure accurate cost allocation to vehicles jobs and cost centres.
- Implement systems for daily margin tracking.
- Conduct profitability analysis across routes customers and fleet operations.
- Identify and mitigate risks of margin erosion early.
- Provide daily weekly and monthly performance dashboards.
- Manage liquidity in a high-volume operational environment.
- Optimise working capital across receivables payables fuel accounts and procurement.
- Enforce strict cash controls and disciplined payment cycles.
- Lead the annual budgeting process aligned with operational objectives.
- Manage rolling forecasts and conduct variance analysis against budgets.
- Enforce cost discipline across fuel R&M labour and subcontractor costs.
Key Skills:
- A background in transport logistics fleet-based or other asset-intensive industries is preferred.
- The candidate should possess strong technical exposure to repairs and maintenance (R&M) cost management workshops spares and operational finance.
- Experience in high-pressure 24/7 environments is required.
- Proven ability to prepare Board packs and present to Board members and sub-committees.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or a related field.
- A professional qualification such as CA(Z) ACCA or CIMA (mandatory)
