Finance Manager: Logistics at Tiger Brands

THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

• Provide full logistics accounting and financial decision support to the Exco leadership, Managing, Logistics and Finance Directors. Be the principal point of support for all categories relating to logistics financial performance, forecast, budgets and investments plans as well as day to day financial performance. Supporting Inbound, Outbound & Site to Site logistics costs as well the cost incurred at warehouses and distribution centers. The role will require working closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement and Planning teams across the organization in understanding the operations trade flows and day to day business activities. You will also assume responsibility for the internal controls in logistics.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Act as the right-hand man to the CS&L Director with regards to any and all commercial decision support
• Lead business decision support and business partnering with regards to warehousing, transportation, freight, customer distribution discounts and administrative activities
• Lead finance support & oversight on strategic projects, investment/change initiatives and new long-term logistics contracts.
• Lead in the budget planning cycle by working with the logistics heads to develop key assumptions and reflecting all the factors/assumptions in the budget/forecast
• Lead the financial evaluation of significant/strategic investment choices to provide a long-term perspective of the impact on Logistics costs
• Design, implement and monitor internal controls within the logistics environment
• Review capex proposals & requests for Logistics.
• Monitor & evaluate the financial performance trends, performance against KPI’s , providing accurate relevant and timely finance information to the business to enable it to meet its finance commitments.
• Support the preparation of management reports (Actual vs Forecast vs Budget).
• Provision of total cost to serve to facilitate more accurate pricing decisions
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives in logistics
• Ensure full transparency of costs and financial impact to the organization of major or strategic decisions relating to logistics.
• Ensure month end close is completed in accordance with tight reporting deadlines.

 
RESPONSIBILITIES
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Key Attributes and Competencies

• Relationship Building: Establishing excellent working relationships with logistics leads giving clear and concise financial support
• Communication: Excellent communication and presentations skills, both written and oral – ability to present key financial data and supporting metrics in a clear and concise manner.
• Planning & Organizing: Excellent analytical skills. Ability to plan and schedule. To ensure that key reporting timelines are meet.
• Decision Making: Identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities whilst working with the Finance & operations teams providing a viable solution.
• Adaptability: Able to work in a fast, dynamic, environment whilst being able to adjust readily to meet unexpected constraints.
• Passion for results: - Drive, high energy, maturity, and ability to work under pressure and deliver results; get things done (an action-oriented approach); overcome obstacles.
• Partner with logistics to improve on the daily operation, interpret financial polices/accounting guidelines to operation teams for better understanding and compliance, working as a stretched arm of finance team
• Drives cost controllership, bringing deep understanding of cost drivers to monitor & optimize logistics spend effectiveness
• Properly executed stock counts and strong inventory control (inclusive of stock ageing, obsolescence and 3PL system integration) in terms of finished goods across warehouses and distribution centers and working capital management.
• Monitoring of compliance with SARS/customs import and export requirements
• Provision of analysis and insights of Logistics related credit notes, with a view to reducing these
• Identification and mitigation of potential control weaknesses in the logistics environment
• Provide direct and indirect supervision to subordinates

QUALIFICATIONS
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• CA (SA) or equivalent senior finance qualification
• 8 – 12 years' experience
• Proven track record in a similar finance role
• Experience of working in Finance team supporting Logistics as business partner