Finance Manager - Boksburg at Croda

Responsible for:

• Providing finance expertise, insight and relevant management information to promote optimal decision-making and performance management.
• Oversight of accounting and reporting processes, including group reporting.
• Coordination of local statutory and tax accounting, filing and reporting.
• Planning, budgeting and forecast cycle.
• Working capital management/optimisation.
• Leading compliance agenda (including internal audit, Navex checks and agreements for suppliers/ government interactions and third parties, gift register and Croda-speak up maintenance and anti-bribery and corruption processes).
• Other functional support as required, including liaison with legal advisors.
• Providing leadership to Finance team, ensuring meaningful development opportunities are available.
• Seeking opportunities for process improvement/efficiency, embedding a mindset of continuous improvement in the organisation
• Acting as ambassador when rolling out new regional/global tools and frameworks.

Key Skills and areas of expertise:

• A recognised 4-year accounting degree (professional registration as a chartered accountant (CA) or similar is preferred but no essential).
• Min. of 5 years post graduating, working experience with month-end and year-end closure reporting, accounting experience and detailed IFRS knowledge.
• SAP knowledge and working experience desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel.
• Business Partnering and delivering financial information to support decision-making.
• Managing and developing a small finance team of direct reports.
• Managing external relationships (auditors, banks, government authorities, advisors).
• Ability to identify, recommend and implement system/process improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and collaborative approach (often involving effective communication across multiple functions).