Finance Controller – ANI South Africa - Johannesburg at Abbott

What You’ll Do 

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Meet all financial reporting requirements within agreed upon timelines.  Provide timely, accurate and insightful analysis which provides senior management necessary information with which to address variances and develop corrective actions.
• Identify Business Issues: Anticipate and identify business issues (including performance gaps, opportunities and emerging needs) for senior management and develop appropriate action plans to maximize business profitability and performance against key metrics.
• Financial Planning:  Develop financial plans/forecasts (including annual plans, LBE’s, etc) that are accurate, well written and professionally presented for senior management review, and properly supported and gaited.
• Financial Achievement:   Achieve financial commitments including Plans, and LBE’s for both full year and quarterly periods while preventing surprises through financial planning excellence and staying close to the business.
• Apply Market/Operations Knowledge:  Incorporate thorough knowledge of market [or operations] dynamics, competitive landscape, and key business drivers in our financial planning, reporting and analysis, with emphasis on leveraging this knowledge to affect business strategies and decisions.
• Internal Controls:  Assure compliance with Abbott CFM’s and GAAP [or local statutory requirements] and the integrity of our financial planning, reporting and analysis and related processes.
• Business Counsel:  Provide meaningful, transparent and value-added analysis and counsel to management (GM) to influence and directly support decision-making and development of business strategies and tactics that maximize economic profitability and long-term success.
• Organization/Development:  Attract top talent, train and develop staff to meet best in class industry/professional standards, motivate and retain key talent, drive operational improvements to realize lean/efficient operations, and develop sustainable organizations to achieve long term high performance.
• Accuracy: Ensure that figures and data provided to both local and Area team are accurate and in a timely matter to serve as support for business decision-making.
• Required Qualifications
• Tertiatiary qualification in Accounting or related
• CA or CIMA would be advantegous

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience within a financial role e with at least 3 years’ experience in a Senior FP&A related role
• Experience having worked in Consumer health and/or OTC, pharmaceutical related industries is essential
• Highly creative with ability to think out of box
• Experience in identifying target audiences and devising campaigns that engage, inform and motivate
• Proven ability to develop brand and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive brand plans
• Comfortable working with numbers, metrics and spreadsheets