Finance Manager

Requirements Financial Qualifications – B-Comm Accounting or equivalent SAP Experience Previous Manufacturing experience will be an advantageous Advanced Excel skills Previous Management experience – Mentoring a team Great communication skills – verbal and written. Process improvement. Review the company's internal processes and propose improvements. Manual processes that need to be updated and automated where possible. Improve the outputs of functions through process improvement. Team Management. Upskilling of Finance & Controlling ("FiCo") Team members. Collaborate in identifying the skill gaps in each of the team members and have an agreed measurable that you will assess them on. Have a timetable agreed upon for the finance team (including an overall team target and individual targets) that will allow the finance function to achieve deadlines. Finance-Company Relations. Improving the relations between the finance function and the rest of the company. Collaborate in meetings with Heads of Department and where necessary, give support to achieve budget targets. Reporting. Oversee the timely submission of financial reports to the Group and internally Ensuring that month-end reporting is completed by the date set by the Group Ensuring that year-end reporting is completed by the date set by the Group Improving debtors' days Oversee preparation of regular cash flow forecasting. Collaborate on improvement milestones to be presented to the GM Reducing Cost. Assessing cash drains and discussing improvements with the FiCo Manager and GM. Specific Projects for the Company. Collaborate in assessment & reduction of Balance Sheet liabilities Collaborate in assessment & reduction of Balance Sheet provisions