Financial Manager

The successful incumbent will form part of the Executive Management Team and report directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic management in collaboration with Executive Management Team
• Financial management (e.g. budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, forex management, profitability matrix management, etc.)
• Financial analyses and reporting
• Management of accounting function (e.g. journals, reconciliations, audits, tax management, payroll, financial statements, etc.)
• Management of financial policy, procedures and systems
• Company Secretarial Function
• IT network management
• Production costing (e.g. contracts, capital expenditure, budgeting, etc.)
• Analysing new product development costs and product costs in conjunction with the Logistics and Production departments
• Managing HR processes

Requirements:

• Relevant post graduate financial qualification (BCom / BAcc)
• Professional registration advantageous (CA / SAIPA / CIMA)
• 8+ years relevant experience with proven experience in Financial Management (preferably in the wine industry)
• Professional knowledge of management accounting and costing
• Good knowledge of Companies Act, tax legislation & regulations
• Good working knowledge and experience in managing IT (hardware, operating systems and applicable packages)
• Practical business insight and intuition
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office, WineMS & Navision)
• Above average analytical and numerical skills
• Strong strategic insight
• Dynamic and self-driven