Group Finance & Commercial Manager

SUMMARY:
Do you have the commercial experience in developing, planning and implementing strategies to promote growth, coupled with the finance costing expertise working in a manufacturing environment?

Our International client requires your senior experience with activity based costing, leveraging costing, integrating product pricing, accounting, and commercial functions interacting with clients entities in 16 countries.

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS

• Matric, Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
• Strong management accountant skills, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior accounting role for a manufacturing business, including prior experience in activity-based costing
• Excellent project management skills & experience managing complex projects
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modelling
• Proven experience in tender management and preparation, demonstrating great attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks and deliverables
• Good practical business and financial decision-making skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• IT proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Willingness to develop a deep understanding of our product offering
• Excellent organisational skills to meet goals and set priorities, including the ability to work under pressure and in new environments
• Ability to deal with operations across the globe in different languages with different cultures and time zones
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead a small team

• Team Management: Lead and manage and provide guidance for a team of two to ensure objectives are met effectively.
• Tender Management: Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in coordinating and completing global tenders for apparel retailers.

• Ensure the upkeep of essential input cost metrics across all production facilities.
• Validate adherence to Group frameworks for overhead cost allocation across all global operations.
• Update raw material costs, labour, and overhead recovery rates annually based on approved expense budgets and capacity plans for all production facilities.
• Quarterly review of performance against the recovery rates, based on actual quarter-end results, to evaluate the necessity for recovery rate adjustments.
• Oversee the preparation of quarterly cost driver schedules, encompassing both macro and local economic impacts, to be presented for:
• Incorporation into all bi-annual and annual contract price adjustments.
• Consideration by senior management in Group forecasting.

• Manage RFID and Variable Data programme roll-outs, ensuring successful implementation and timely delivery.
• Manage the development and deployment of new costing modules across the group.

• Ensure tender award pricing is adhered to in respective supply regions, with any deviations falling within specified mandates.
• Estimate Forward Exchange Contract requirements for RFID inlay purchases on a quarterly basis.