Finance Business Partner at Pedros Flame Grilled Chicken

• To acts as a strategic financial partner, providing insights and analysis to support decision-making by collaborating closely with non-finance stakeholders. Focusing on financial planning, forecasting, performance monitoring, and identifying opportunities to optimize financial performance, all while aligning with the overall business strategy.
• Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business operational strategies. Initiating change to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered. Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams. Supporting senior management to plan, budget and forecast effectively.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• A strong understanding of the retail and/or FMCG sectors
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to understand and interpret key operational and financial data
• Analytical skills including the ability to identify trends and deviations
• Strategic thinking: Align the business operations to achieve improved financial results
• Contributing to Retail stores sales growth
• Enhance Retail stores financial performance and achieve targets
• Achievement of required ROI for new projects and initiatives
• Retail stores inventory control and loss control
• Driving customer growth

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have a CA (SA) qualification
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Retail / FMCG sector
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Understanding the link between the finance and operations functions
• Retail sector experience
• Own transport and valid driver’s licence
• Strong attention to detail
• Strategic and independent thinking
• Willing to be involved operationally and having a hands on approach