Requirements

Academic qualifications

Essential:

•B. Com Accounting Degree

Advantageous:

•B. Com Honours Degree Completed Articles

•Post graduate accounting degree (CA(SA) or CIMA

Work experience

Essential:

•3-5 years in a Financial Management position

•Operational Finance Experience

•Financial and People Management

•Financial analysis

•Corporate tax (direct and indirect tax)

Advantageous:

•Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Experience

•Experience working in a shared services environment

Knowledge

Essential:

•Corporate financial management and reporting practices

•Corporate governance

•Treasury management practices

•Companies Act and Company Secretarial IFRS & GAAP compliance

•Good understanding of Corporate Tax Commercial acumen

Advantageous:

•Supply Chain and Logistics Industry

•Experience Syspro/Sage/HFM

Skills

Essential:

•Highly developed communication skills to persuade and influence

•Highly developed interpersonal skills including internal resilience (EQ) and conflict resolution

•Highly developed mathematical skills and ability to reason with numerical information

•Critical thinking skills to analyze financial performance Ability to multi-task

•Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Personal Attributes

Essential:

•Focus on analyzing and solving problems

•Passion for optimizing business performance

•Focus on initiating action

•Readiness to make and own decisions

•Remain resilient with stress and pressure

•Concern for communicating clearly

•Commitment for behaving correctly and ethically

•Preference for planning and organizing

•Preference for team-working

•Focus on getting things done

Advantageous:

•Concern for working within parameters

•Concerned about aligning with best practices

•Appreciation for challenging others with respect

•Enthusiasm for learning, sharing and growing

•Preference for thinking practically