Finance Manager - Food and Beverage (CPT) - Cape Town Region
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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 cross-functional 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 half-year 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 cross-function 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 & year-end) 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. Cross-site 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 10-15 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 value-add 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. Deadline-driven within a fast-moving environment
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