• B Compt with completed articles + 3 years practical experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent.
• Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Problem solving, numerical, analytical and deadline orientated.
• Good understanding of commercial and business awareness.
• Negotiation and ability to influence and manage staff and external parties.
• Ability to work under pressure, assertive, proactive.
• Internal and external customer service orientated.

Role and responsibilities

• Perform reporting of financial data against budgets and/or set targets for the business unit.
• Assist Financial/General Manager with root cause analysis, action plan compilation, tracking and controlling of all non-conformances in the prescribed format.
• Ensure all costs posted to the account in line with budget allocation.
• Collate and review all actual results with budget in system for accuracy.
• Perform reviews of actual results compared to budget – including management analysis split between staff, system, process, controllable, non-controllable and semi-controllable.
• Assist with distribution of actual results compared to budget including detail to HO on a monthly basis, including action plans.
• Compile month-end audit file including supporting documentation and ensure sign-off on completeness and accuracy thereof.
• Perform self-assessment on functional audit and ensure sign off by the Financial/General Manager.
• To ensure that there is compliance to IFRS, statutory legislation and company policy and procedures.
• Ensure/perform management of all fixed assets.
• Ensure monthly capital expenditure schedules are reconciled to GL.
• Ensure VAT allocated correctly when purchasing any assets.
• Ensure that all general ledger journal entries are properly authorised, substantiated by proper documentation, proper descriptions and posted to the correct GL account in the correct period.
• Ensure that consumable items recorded and usage captured at the correct values.
• Ensure/Perform new creditors accounts opened according to the company creditors’ policy document terms and requirements.
• Ensure that all delivery of goods and services accrued for in the income statement.
• Cashbook reconciliation.
• Perform weekly inter-company reconciliation and prepare monthly balancing confirmation.
• Process customer returns and credit notes.