Finance Manager at AVI Limited

Key Areas of Impact:

Take ownership of financial control, with focus on the following key areas:

• Fishing operational costs
• Overhead costs
• Capital expenditure and asset management - approval, capex execution, post capex review, control over assets
• Inventory management - fresh and frozen fish, critical spares and fuel
• Time and attendance process and overtime approval
• Seagoing incentives review
• Financial policies and procedures
• Maintain and improve financial and general control environment
• Providing metric based financial analysis to support operational and strategic decision making
• Financial reporting on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis to Cape Town Fishing management team, Executive Committee, Board and shareholders.
• Ownership of all financial reporting deliverables including early estimates
• Manage and present the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process at Cape Town Fishing, within the corporate timeline and deliverables
• Drive long term planning within the Cape Town Fishing operations, including vessel replacement and fleet management strategy
• Proactively improve reporting by questioning SAP and other applications functionality with a view to using technology to assist wherever possible
• Review and approve system change request and master data changes
• Proactively identifies risks, identifies trends, cost savings or efficiencies and coordinates improvement projects
• Manage the Cape Town Fishing finance team, ensuring continuous development and succession
• Support the procurement and operational teams with establishing or negotiation key service level agreements to protect the company’s interest
• Support operations to maintain high level of compliance with all stakeholders including DFFE, South African Revenue services and SAMSA
• Support the human capital team with remuneration review, incentive calculations and ad-hoc queries
• Manage corporate risk and liase with all internal and external stakeholders, auditors, suppliers and management teams

What It Takes to Succeed:

Experience that set you up for success:                       

• Minimum 5 years Financial Management experience in a manufacturing or capital-intensive business environment.

Qualifications & Certifications that will contribute to your success:

• BCom Honours Degree
• CA (SA) or CIMA

Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:

• MS Excel
• SAP FI
• SAP PM

Deadline:17th June,2025