REQUIREMENTS
Affirmative Action South African Citizen
Chartered Accountant (SA) or B.Com Honours (CTA) graduate with completed Articles
5+ years Accounting and/ or Finance experience, preferably within motor manufacturing or related industries
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Working knowledge of financial risk management
Ability to understand financial statements and the impact of underlying accounting policies applied
Ability to understand financial structures and the implication of these structures on performance reporting and statutory reporting
Have 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 reporting
Ability to apply, calculate, understand and analyse various financial ratios
Ability to offer suggestions for improvement with justification on the presented facts
Ability to communicate at all levels
Basic understanding of tax legislation and its impact on the business in terms of the calculation of tax and cash flow
Basic understanding of various forms of structured finance/ loan arrangements and the commercial impact/ legal framework within which they operate
Planning and management skills
Computer literacy is essential (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint)
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Self-motivated and driven
Presentation skills (creating and presenting to management)
Ability to manage and balance multiple tasks simultaneously
RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage 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 company
Initiation, preparation and creation of deep financial analysis for detection of financial stability as the basis to award business to a supplier
Mitigate or avoid the risk of production stoppages attributable to financially unstable suppliers through the preventive and reactive supplier risk management processes
Moderation of meetings with supplier's cooperation with other departments to clarify questions regarding the future financial development of a supplier
Monthly 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 suppliers
Evaluation and consultation with the purchasing department regarding economic questions for suppliers, which are in a financial crisis
Prepare 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 secured
Continuous Improvement of the processes for preventive risk management as well as the rating methodology for the evaluation of a supplier
Record all required statistical data for management/ departmental reporting in the risk management database to track progress against key objectives and identify corrective measures where necessary
Preparing, 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 management
Regular interaction and communication with the purchasing commodities, finance, legal (if required) and the group to align brand and regional strategies
Evaluation and submission of the quarterly and annual risk Ricors for purchasing
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