Job Description:Lead and manage the full financial control function for South African entities to allow compilation of accurate and timeous financial information to plant management in order to make informed business decision. Key functions include Costing, Internal Control, Continuous Improvement, CAPEX & Tooling management and plant controlling.Reporting to: Country Finance ManagerEducation and experience:
Grade 12
BCom Accounting
CIMA required
Minimum 10 years’ experience in Financial Controlling in a manufacturing industry, with 3+ years in a leadership / senior role.
Manufacturing industry
Automotive advantageous
IFRS compliance
MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Advanced Excel
Solid ERP experience (BPCS advantageous)
Responsibilities:Costing:Lead costing and related updates for all South African plants, which includes:
Calculate landed cost on import shipments.
Prepare / review BOM's, Cost sets / cost buckets.
Investigate Purchase price variances (PPV).
Generate variance report of Actuals to budget information.
APDP & EUR 1 submissions.
Margin analysis & Reports.
Continuous Improvement:'Lead the financial reviews of Continuous Improvement initiatives in the WAVE system for all South African plants, which includes:
Review of initiative calculations.
Verification of measure information.
Tracking of actual savings against planned savings.
Identify improvement opportunities and make recommendations for improvements.
Participate in Continuous improvement initiatives.
Internal control:'Lead internal control reporting and submission for all South African entities, which includes:
Ensure compliance to Global Control Framework (GCF) and Delegation of Authority (DoA) and company policies and procedures.
Prepare and submit monthly Control checks allocated as per Global Control Framework (GCF).
Maintain the risk register.
CAPEX, Tooling & Fixed assets:'Prepare & maintain a CAPEX and Tooling reports & register tracking actual spend against approved spend, planning future profitability & cash flows of the projects.
Prepare CAPEX requisition with all relevant information regarding the CAPEX project.
Support useful life and residual value of Fixed Assets analysis.
Perform asset verification.
Impairment reviews.
Preparation of business case for new CAPEX.
Perform fixed asset verification.
Plant Controlling & Country Controlling:'Lead plant related controlling activities for all SA entities and perform plant related functions for East London plant.Stock
Oversee & attend Stock Takes
Review, investigating cycle count variances.
Review maintenance spares, obsolete stock and NRV of stock.
