Financial Officer/Corporate and General Manager at Bosch Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Job Description

An opportunity has risen for a Financial Officer/General Manager in Robert Bosch (Pty) Ltd to handle the financial and legal aspects of the business. The successful candidate for this role must meet the below specifications. 

Duties include but are not limited to;

Role Financial officer on legal entity level:

• Participation in board meetings in legal entities in (sub-Sahara) Africa

• Main representative in region for external auditors, banks, (financial) authorities, insurance companies and further financial stakeholders (e. g., regulatory bodies such as reserve bank)

• Responsibility for legally required tasks, e.g., tax and finance

• Administrative coordination and participation in merger and acquisitions projects

Corporate Finance representative on country/regional level:

• Representation for corporate finance in region, insures implementation and maintenance of company policy in region (governance task and functional responsibility)

• Processing tasks Treasury and Insurances

• Steering of local year- end conversations on country/regional level

• Coordination of all Financial Officers of legal entities in assigned region with functional responsibility for Financial Officer topics

Role general manager RBSA:

• Bosch representative (with political institutions, authorities, industry associations) as proxy of Robert Bosch Africa President (RBAF/P) in South Africa.

• Lobbying (in particular with regard to external stakeholders)

• Social Partner Management (e. g unions, etc.)

• Participation in and/or consolidation of country strategies, taking into account corporate and business unit  strategies and their implications

• Identification of synergies, cross selling and new business development across all divisions 

• Local start-up and incubation activities

• Disciplinary responsibility of all staff 

Minimum Requirements: 

• 7 to 10 years experience in a similar role

• Extensive experience (7 years +) with finance and accounting processes 

• Negotiation skills with 3rd parties (auditors, banks, etc.)

• International background and language skills (English minimum, German is a strong advantage)

• Experience in cooperation with TAX, Legal and other entities

• Extensive experience in year-end closing processes, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and local GAAPs and tax relevant information or comparable

• Experience with merger and acquisitions

• Previous experience in reporting

• Current exposure in leadership and personnel management role

• Project experience would be an advantage 

• Sales experience is essential 

Personal Characteristics 

• Natural leader

• International orientation

• Assertive, absolute compliance awareness

• Agile, cooperative leadership style

• Resilience and capacity to work under pressure

• Clear analytic skills

• Out-going and networker

• Team-oriented workstyle

• Highly structured

• Result orientation

• Capacity to implement and carry out policies

• Communicative and capacity to integrate associates in goal achievement

Qualifications

• Completed matric (Grade 12)

• University degree in Finance / Business Administration or equivalent