
Website AVI Limited
Job Description:
An exciting opportunity exists for an Financial Manager at AVI International in Bryanston, Johannesburg. As part of a small and robust finance team, which achieves an annual turnover of approximately a billion rand, will require a hands-on approach and a willingness to maintain oversight but also to get involved in the detail. The incumbent will be expected to collaborate with the broader team and to contribute beyond his/her defined role. Effective communication with stakeholders at all levels throughout the organisation is imperative and the ability to see the bigger picture in a complex organisation operating across multiple markets and product categories.
Job Responsibilities:
- Performance management
- Service delivery management
- Risk management and reporting
- Examine and manage all financial records and disbursements of Company funds to ensure full compliance with all statutory, legislative and AVI Policy requirements.
- Prepare and manage documentation required for data capturing into SAP
- Resolve SAP-related transactional and processing problems encountered on site
- Ensure effective financial risk management and reporting to the Finance Executive, including working capital management and annual insurance declarations
- Management and stakeholder reporting
- Provide management with financial information and key performance indicators on plans and activities
- Provide detailed and insightful reporting to senior management on the performance of the operations
- Manage month-end close-off, accounting and reporting procedures, including review of trial balance, general ledger accounts and reconciliations
- Critically evaluate processes, implement changes and design new methods/checks and reporting where necessary in consultation with line manager
- Adhere to business Unit and AVI Group reporting requirements i.e. monthly reports, budgets and forecasts
- Initiate new reporting to support decision making on a monthly and quarterly basis as required
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial accounts support
- Review and challenge CAPEX submissions, track spend and report on CAPEX progress
- Control and reduce costs
- Financial administration
- Review and approve expense claims, set up new guidelines and review parameters
- Oversee the maintenance of the fixed asset register and performance of physical asset verification
- Trial Balance generation and review for Subsidiaries and Export. Incl review of recons
- Manage suppliers and payment of creditors, manage the settling of intercompany accounts in conjunction with AVI Financial Shared Services
- Approve new vendor applications
- Analysis and pricing management
- Provide the sales team with financial information and key performance indicators on Brand and Trade Marketing plans and activities
- Perform and analyse variance analyses against relevant benchmarks
- Management of Sales Reporting processes for AVI International Bryanston Office and General Manager requirements
- Input into the Improvement and maintenance of gross profit margins and NOP through input into pricing decisions and control of overheads
- Monitor product performance, pricing and profitability analysis
- Project evaluation, monitoring and measurement for various business activities
- Management of pricing processes for all export markets and centralised coordination of whole AVI International business
- Make recommendations based on sound business profitability’s regarding rebates and incentives
- Maintain and update transfer pricing policies and methodologies in conjunction with Group Tax
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Proactively plan, design, coordinate and manage all budgeting and forecasting and take ownership of the entire process
- Prepare budgets and quarterly forecasts
- Review and alignment of Budget/forecasts to the Business’s strategic goals
- Own ABC costing, reporting and drivers
- Review and update cost allocation methodologies in conjunction with Management Accounting team
- Prepare, input and analyse activity based costs as per strategic costing parameters and business strategic drivers
Job Requirements:
- At least 5 years as Financial Manager
- At least 3 years’ experience in a similar FMCG Environment
- CA (SA)
- Essbase would be an added advantage
- SAP Experience
Job Details:
Company: AVI Limited
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Johannesburg
Application Deadline: N/A
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