Finance Controller: South Africa

Key Responsibilities

Margin analysis

• Monthly reporting of reliable business margin through correct inventory valuation and proper rationalisation of segmentation performance vs in country principles (price structure).
• Preparation of monthly customer and site profitability.
• Price updates and discount review: Review prices updates for new customers and discounts for reasonability/ accuracy/competitiveness before they are input in the system by price analyst.

Reporting

• Prepare daily controls
• Prepare weekly volume flash and bi weekly flash report
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of country financial results (Full P&L, Line of business and FX reviews)
• Preparing monthly reporting packs for the country performance reviews
• Review fixed cost by account and cost centers to ensure that they are reasonable and spending is within budget and that all exceptional items are properly explained
• Focus on providing quality information to the Business with proper explanation for all the elements of the P&L
• Propose new actions to the business in order to be more efficient
• Prepare 3 month rolling cash flow in conjunction with treasury
• Drive ad-hoc analysis as required by the business
• Review stock positions monthly

Budget and Plan

• Prepare annual P&L budget and strategic plan according to group timelines
• Deliver quality budgets on time with alignment of numbers with key stakeholders stating clear assumptions and cross checking of anchor points
• Preparation of the annual capex budget

Capex/Investment review

• Ensure adherence of procurement procedures relating to capex
• Ensure capex budget is adequately utilized by running bi-weekly capex calls
• Ensure accurate capex reporting (Actual and forecast)
• Review of projects prior its approval as per DOA
• Perform business case analysis (P&L, DCF, IRR, etc)

Tax

• Comply with all Group, Statutory and Regulatory requirements of the company, such as Financial Statements and Monthly regulatory reporting eg Petroleum Activities Reports (PAR), Slate, Compensation recoveries
• Liaise with tax team to ensure Tax reporting is correct.
• Ensure that all compliance requirements are submitted accurately and on time.

Ad-hoc

• Provide reports/recommendation to management on any control issues.
• Ensure that the company’s control framework is effective and fit for purpose and that it is aligned to the Group’s Control framework
• Assist in providing information for statutory and internal audits in line with set timelines
• Assist the FM in enforcing controls including DOA compliance