Finance Manager: BDS LAF needed at Tiger Brands

Job Description

• To support the business in commercial & risk aspects and to provide strategic  and operational reporting on matters related to financial sustainability for the LAF business
• This is a Fixed Term Contract position for 6-12 months

Responsibilities

• Provide Integrated commercial strategy in line with stated customer needs and business strategies/ objectives
• Maintenance of the business strategic financial models and provision of commercial input into the annual business strategic plans
• Establishing and leading annual budget and submissions to Tiger corporate
• Governance
• Business Decisions
• Establishing and leading quarterly forecasts and submission to Tiger corporate
• Business performance monitoring
• Commercial support:
• Innovation
• Pricing decisions.
• Problem stock surplus / shortages monitoring.
• Channel and customer commercial support management
• Competitive value chain performance
• Viability /feasibility studies as required by Managing Executive or Category Executive
• Compiling and preparing of   Intangible valuations
• Managing of and assistance to finance team with financial month close-out (specific provisions and schedules)
• Monthly prep for and upload into FCC (Financial Consolidation and Close, which is the reporting tool used by Tiger) and submission of financial reports.
• Upload into FCC and reporting on Budget and Forecasts
• Monthly review of all balance sheet reconciliations
• Monthly review of all nominal journals
• Manage bi-annual external audits for L&AF
• Assistance and review of any internal audit
• Review of quarterly Control Self-Assessment (CSA/FRC) review and submission
• Manage of annual insurance declaration for L&AF    

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with FMCG Commercial Management experience
• Minimum of 3-5 years related working experience at senior managerial level within an FMCG environment together with an additional 3-5 years financial management experience (min 8 years experience post qualification).
• Good financial technical skills particularly database reporting & standard costing principals
• Experience with exports and hedge accounting
• Project and People Management experience
• Computer literate – MS Office, Oracle / SAP, Cognos, Micro Strategy