Overview
The primary purpose of this position is to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and analysis for the Agriculture division.
Qualifications
Minimum – B. Com Honours
Experience
- Minimum of 3 years relevant Accounting\Auditing\Reporting or Financial Planning & Analysis experience.
- Previous operational finance experience advantageous
Duties
- Prepare and review
- Monthly management reports,
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Cashflow forecasts
- Annual & Quarterly budgets
- Audit & Tax reporting packs.
- Provide quality commentary on variances to plan and comparative periods
- Detailed analysis & recommendations of quantitative and qualitative aspects of individual businesses within the Agriculture division.
- Co-ordinate the budgeting and forecasting processes
- Analyse, communicate and drive the optimization of Net Working Capital for the business units withing their territory
- Support the Finance team with Ad-hoc activities/projects etc
- Explore ways to optimize the use of the accounting\BI systems in place.
- Assist in implementing robust policies & procedures across entities to ensure a robust control environment. Some standardization across business units will be required.
- Continuously assess operational and financial risks for all business units and ensure that mitigation controls are designed, implemented and effective
- Support Internal and External Audits and drive resolution of findings in their area of responsibility
- Identify non compliance with IFRS and drive the resolution thereof.
- Assisting with tax audits and tax returns.
- Ensuring that all statutory requirements are met.
Job Competencies
Knowledge
- Up to date knowledge of IFRS standards
- Knowledge of Tax requirements related to the Agriculture division
- Knowledge of governance requirements and processes relevant to manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations
SKill
- Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (EXCEL & Powerpoint)
- Advanced ERP system (SAP/ORACLE/AX etc)
- Microsoft AX experience is advantageous
- Good communication and leadership skills
- Ability to identify improvement areas in finance and operational processes and drive the implementation thereo
Personal Characteristics
- Assertive, highly adaptable and resilient individual who is able to work under pressure.
- High levels of emotional maturity and self-control.
- A responsible and reputable individual with high levels of integrity and discretion.
- Excellent interpersonal ability - good written and verbal communication, and able to relate and communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers (internal and external).
- A self-starter, who is decisive and who will take a proactive and assertive approach to issues/concerns.
- Very strong customer service orientation ensuring credibility and respect from the divisional executive team.
- Good business orientation.
- Exemplary planning and organizational skills with excellent time management.
- Exceptionally strong detail and quality focus
General
Other competencies
- Teamwork and Engagement of others
- Reliability
- Adaptability
- Problem-solving
- Integrity and trust
- Communication skills
- Planning and organization
- Stress tolerance
- Initiative.
- Building relationships
