REQUIREMENTSAffirmative Action South African CitizenChartered Accountant (SA) or B.Com Honours (CTA) graduate with completed Articles5+ years Accounting and/ or Finance experience, preferably within motor manufacturing or related industriesESSENTIAL SKILLSWorking knowledge of financial risk managementAbility to understand financial statements and the impact of underlying accounting policies appliedAbility to understand financial structures and the implication of these structures on performance reporting and statutory reportingHave a basic understanding of the legal position of various financial structures, how they would interact and relate to each other, and what this means in terms of financial reportingAbility to apply, calculate, understand and analyse various financial ratiosAbility to offer suggestions for improvement with justification on the presented factsAbility to communicate at all levelsBasic understanding of tax legislation and its impact on the business in terms of the calculation of tax and cash flowBasic understanding of various forms of structured finance/ loan arrangements and the commercial impact/ legal framework within which they operatePlanning and management skillsComputer literacy is essential (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint)Excellent oral and written communication skillsSelf-motivated and drivenPresentation skills (creating and presenting to management)Ability to manage and balance multiple tasks simultaneouslyRESPONSIBILITIESManage the risk management process by coordinating local supplier risk evaluations and conducting deep financial ratings, providing support to the purchasing commodity management, to mitigate possible risks to production and financial risk impact to the companyInitiation, preparation and creation of deep financial analysis for detection of financial stability as the basis to award business to a supplierMitigate or avoid the risk of production stoppages attributable to financially unstable suppliers through the preventive and reactive supplier risk management processesModeration of meetings with supplier's cooperation with other departments to clarify questions regarding the future financial development of a supplierMonthly reporting of the local suppliers calculated financial ratings to purchasing management Consultation as well as collaboration with staff of risk management organizations of the regions and brands as well as with reactive risk management regarding economic questions in financial critical situations of suppliersEvaluation and consultation with the purchasing department regarding economic questions for suppliers, which are in a financial crisisPrepare and support purchasing top management to calculate the deep rating for financially unstable suppliers and to liaise with internal and/ or external stakeholders to create strategies to assist local suppliers and purchasing to ensure production is securedContinuous Improvement of the processes for preventive risk management as well as the rating methodology for the evaluation of a supplierRecord all required statistical data for management/ departmental reporting in the risk management database to track progress against key objectives and identify corrective measures where necessaryPreparing, aligning (with WOB and purchasing management), recording and evaluating the quarterly and annual "risk recording" for the purchasing department and presenting the identified risks to the board of managementRegular interaction and communication with the purchasing commodities, finance, legal (if required) and the group to align brand and regional strategiesEvaluation and submission of the quarterly and annual risk Ricors for purchasing