Finance Manager

Responsible for all accounting functions, including General Ledger, Purchase Orders, Trade and Other Payable, Inventory, Fixed and Intangible Assets and account reconciliations for the Division (including Commercial, Manufacturing and Laboratory). Ensuring compliance with the Groups hedging policy and monitoring of effectiveness. Manage month-end close process. Prepare the monthly, quarterly and year-end operational finance dashboards, including cash flow statements, working capital balance monitoring, to enable management visibility to key operational finance metrics to enable business process improvement and or decisions. Provide root cause analysis with recommendations where required. Responsible for risk management within the division, to include maintaining and updating of standard operating procedures (SOPs). Lead the annual audit process ensuring that all deliverables are prepared accurately as per defined deadlines. Manage all internal audit engagements for the division. Ensure the division complies with all prevailing SARS and other statutory requirements including but not limited to maintaining VAT & Tax packs for the business unit. Develop targeted key performance indicators linked to financial objectives for the finance team Maintain the Oracle chart of accounts for the division including limits of authority, account combination changes and/or running of query reports Preparation of monthly management accounts Resolving management accounting queries Financial analysis and internal reporting Cash forecasting and Budget preparation Business partnering on the launch of new products Management of Fees and Pricing Ad-hoc analyses and reports as required, including: Preparing key support analysis in support of business strategies, business performance and profitability reviews for special projects Improving financial and management accounting controls CA (SA) with at least 2 years post article experience Strong commercial skills with experience of financial analysis Possess excellent data accuracy and analytical skills Hyperion and Oracle experience advantageous & Advanced Excel skills.