This role shall be based in Harare with an expected transfer to Johannesburg – South Africa.
We therefore seek person willing to do some initial travel but who will be based in their SA office at some stage ahead. You must be willing to relocate to SA.
Our clients business comprises FMCG Sector in distribution and production.
They seek a strong finance professional to take up the role of Finance Director to work alongside the MD to lead the group’s financial area to support and drive their growth and development.
They foresee an increasing proportion of their business being driven by SA and overseas sales, distribution and procurement operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead, build, strengthen and mentor an established finance team comprising 20 people.
- Provide planning and leadership to all the group’s finance and accounting activities, to optimise and drive our financial performance.
- Deliver robust, timely, accurate and actionable financial reporting for all our divisions.
- Contribute fully to the development of our strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis of operational parameters to provide guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers to drive change and profitability.
- Work with senior management teams to grow the business, formulating strategies and plans.
- Manage and deliver to the complete financial calendar including monthly and quarterly reporting, all board reporting and meeting, budgeting processes, reviews and amendments.
- Manage and optimise our all our day to day treasury operations including working capital.
- Develop business processes and structures to centralise core financial operations externally for each business unit.
- Oversee the procurement function to deliver robust process and leverage strategic procurement to deliver material savings to group operations.
- Lead and drive development and maintenance of our financial and administrative IT strategies and infrastructure in support of all administrative functions.
You must retain good skills in Financial reporting, Treasury and Bank management, IT and project management.
The role shall financially reward accordingly to attract the senior level of person required. Email CV to Colin Roberts