Distribution Center Finance and Risk Manager - Montague Gardens at Clicks Group

Overview

We currently have a vacancy for a Finance and Risk Manager for our Montague Gardens Distribution Centre, in Cape Town.

Purpose and Objectives

Purpose

To improve the profitability of the distribution centre by managing the financial, and risk management activities, ensuring adherence to financial and budget requirements

Objectives

• To co-ordinate and plan the distribution centre’s annual budget as well as forecasts within the agreed business objectives to measure the DC’s annual financial performance
• To compile the distribution centre monthly financial statements and business review reports, clearly indicating deviations to targets and to investigate appropriate actions required to remedy these deviations
• To ensure compliance to financial policies and procedures, thereby ensuring compliance with internal controls and reducing risk within the distribution centre together with satisfying the internal and external auditors recommendations
• Ensure that the financial viability of projects within the distribution centre is aligned to business objectives by ensuring the return on investment for capex is achieved
• To develop the understanding around financial decision making as well as understanding financial statements to ensure that management can make sound business decisions
• To manage the administrative functions, including export documentation within the distribution centre, ensuring compliance with legislation and business policies and procedures
• To manage the Central Audit Process (CAP) to ensure that stores are compensated adequately for picking inaccuracies and to determine the reason for inaccuracies in order to recommend improvements
• To take responsibility for and appropriately manage the staff compliment by empowering, developing and ensuring performance and delivery of targets
• The management of the outsourced facilities management business partner, to ensure adherence to service level agreement thereby achieving best value for the distribution centre                    

Requirements

Job Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of logistics environment
• General accounting principles and standards
• Best practice auditing standards
• Warehouse experience (product flow, systems, SOP’s, etc

Desirable

• Knowledge of warehouse procedures (receiving, pack away, replenishment and checking and packing, special handling of stock)
• Export legislation relative to neighbouring countries

Job Related Skills

• Computer literacy
• Microsoft office suite (especially excel)
• Communication (verbal and written) skills
• Basic numeric skills
• Attention to detail
• Organising skills
• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• People management skills
• Negotiation skills

Job Experience

• Demonstrated Forecasting abilities in a logistics environment, risk assessment, productivity improvements, cost improvements, stock flow 
• Essential: Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience
• Essential: Min 1 year of staff management
• Essential: Min 3 years of auditing
• Essential: Min 3 years of accounting experience in FMCG

Desirable

• Project management experience within logistics environment
• Desirable: 1 year of experience using SAP, SCM and MMS

Education

• Essential: B.Com or B. Compt or CIMA
• Desirable: Articles Subjects: 3rd Year Accounting, 3rd Year Auditing
• Desirable: CA (SA)

Job related competencies

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Leading and Supervising
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Writing and Reporting
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Analysing
• Planning and Organising
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking