Finance Manager - Food and Beverage CPT

Our client in the Food and beverage manufacturing industry is looking for a seasoned Financial Business Partner to lead their Finance Team based in Cape Town. Strong cost and management accounting experience and a completed qualification are essential for this role as is proven experience in managing a crossfunctional team.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Ensure compliance with all internal and external financial processes and related good practice strategies.
  
• Lead the integrated financial management and cost management systems.
  
• Ensure the Cost Management System (CMS) is continuously refined and improved to reduce variability and enhance product and service quality.
  
• Perform regular risk assessments across the spectrum of financial control points.
  
• Lead and ensure that the financial integrity of the Organisation is upheld.
  
• Drive fundamental performance improvements in the Financial Cost Management and Systems departments and maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
  
• Manage Cash flow / Working Capital & CAPEX.
  
• Track and reporting of KPIs and other Profit Improvement Projects on a weekly & monthly basis to the senior team.
  
• Responsible for halfyear forecasts and annual budgets
  
• Interact with internal & external auditors.
  
• Ensure ERP system integrity is maintained including other IT systems (scanning T&A and hardware).
  
• Lead and coordinate inventory control and physical counts investigate variances and resolve issues.
  
• Analyse profitability with crossfunction teams to improve margins and reduce costs.
  
• Provide the GM and Team with relevant management data towards improving site Profitability.
  
• Ensure timely and effective submission of accurate and clear financial reporting (weekly monthly & yearend) as required.
  
• Develop standards documents/records that are relevant to underpin the sustainability of financial reporting and relevant data sets.
  
• Plan organise guide and direct outputs of reports to achieve the objectives of the business.
  
• Ensure an effective financial organization is maintained to achieve business goals and meet output needs.
  
• Crosssite collaboration to drive projects share knowledge and improve processes.
  

Requirements

• Minimum of BCom with Honours in Financial Management/Accounting and Cost and Management Accounting Degree/Diploma essential.
  
• Minimum of 1015 years of progressive financial experience preferably in a food manufacturing environment most recently in a senior Financial Business Partner role
  
• Proven experience with product costings price negotiation planning and execution.
  
• Proven knowledge and experience to give valueadd input with regards to broader procurement function including but not limited to advantageous supplier agreements
  
• Minimum advanced level user of Microsoft Office experience and substantial Syspro working knowledge will be preferred.
  
• Proven ability to build and lead an effective financial team (developing internal capacity to interpret and understand business objectives).
  
• Proven cost and management accounting outputs towards COS and overhead analysis and demonstrable cost reduction execution.
  
• Deadlinedriven within a fastmoving environment