Responsibilities

• Responsible for Strategic Management process for Budget and Midterm Plan.  
• Provide the central platform for preparing and defining the strategies for the Country and the business units based on company Strategy and objectives.
• Determine Key Business Drivers and Key Measures of Success.
• Budget and Mid term planning.
• Analysis of the business portfolio that makes up the enterprise and the expectation and contribution from each.  Cascading of those targets to segments of the business.
• Develop and maintain budget policies and procedures.
• Confirm budget roles and responsibilities.
• Prepare budgets in its entirety including GP, FTE, Persex, Opex Capex and Balance sheets.
• Consolidate budgets, calculate and set allocation logic.
• Review and prepare approval.
• Responsible for all activities related to the forecasting of financial results.
• Determine forecasting assumptions.
• Creation of base for forecasting.
• Consolidation and finalization of forecasts.
• Publish the forecast. 
• Reporting and Analytics (MSO) including Management Information system. 
• Gather internal and external data.
• Conduct performance analysis of MSO.
• Root-cause analysis, profitability and conclusion of findings.
• Creation of periodic reports.
• Support analytical capabilities and manage reporting model.
• Reporting of data model, data governance and provide controlling application to the business.
• Special products, action planning, identify corrective actions, prepare decision papers and report on progress.
• Investment controlling – planning, preparation of approval and post completion audit.

Qualifications

• BCom Accounting degree and or Post Graduate Accounting qualification is a prerequisite.
• Completed traineeship with Accounting & Auditing firm is a prerequisite. 
• Experience in financial management is an advantage.
• Basic training in the Freight industry or experience in the Freight industry is an advantage.
• Good understanding of TMS systems is an advantage.
• Previous experience as project manager in development and programming logic of BI tools is an advantage.
• Good business analysis skills.

We will also seek evidence of the following characteristics and abilities:

• Good sound communication skills.
• Problem solving.
• Good organizational skills.
• Confident and professional.
• Commitment to customer service by developing & maintaining relationships
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Performance driven.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.