Salary: Market Related Job Type: Permanent Sectors: Accounting Reference: JHB003373/BP Job Type: Permanent Sectors: Accounting Reference: JHB003373/BP Sectors: Accounting Reference: JHB003373/BP Reference: JHB003373/BP
Vacancy DetailsEmployer: Bright Placements
The Financial Controller is responsible for managing the company's financial operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong internal controls, overseeing budgeting and forecasting, managing cash flow, and ensuring compliance with South African financial and tax legislation. Within a meat processing environment, the role also focuses heavily on production costing, inventory management, yield analysis, and profitability across the processing operation. Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesFinancial ManagementPrepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes. Ensure accurate general ledger reconciliations. Produce management accounts and financial reports. Analyse financial performance and provide recommendations to management. Monitor company profitability and financial health. Cost Accounting & Production CostingCalculate production costs and cost of sales. Monitor processing costs, labour costs, overhead allocations, and factory efficiencies. Analyse carcass yields, production variances, and waste. Develop and maintain standard costing models. Review product margins and profitability. Identify cost-saving opportunities throughout production. Inventory ControlMonitor raw material, packaging, work-in-progress, and finished goods inventory. Ensure accurate stock valuations. Investigate stock variances and losses. Work closely with warehouse and production teams. Assist with regular stock counts and audits. Ensure FIFO principles are correctly applied where appropriate. Budgeting & ForecastingPrepare annual budgets. Develop financial forecasts. Monitor departmental expenditure. Analyse budget variances. Provide recommendations to improve financial performance. Cash Flow ManagementMonitor daily cash flow. Manage working capital. Forecast cash requirements. Assist with banking relationships. Ensure supplier payments are managed efficiently. Financial ReportingPrepare monthly management reports. Produce KPI dashboards. Re...
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Financial Management. Completed SAICA or SAIPA articles is advantageous. Professional qualification such as CA(SA), CIMA, or ACCA is highly advantageous. Experience Required 5–8 years' experience in a financial management or financial controller role. Experience within:Meat processingFood manufacturingFMCGManufacturingAgricultural processingStrong experience in production costing and inventory management. Experience working with ERP systems. Experience managing finance teams. Technical Skills Advanced Microsoft Excel. ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Syspro, Sage X3, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or similar). Cost accounting. Financial modelling. Budgeting and forecasting. Inventory costing. Management reporting. Financial analysis. VAT and tax compliance. Strong knowledge of IFRS and South African accounting standards.
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