Reporting Finance Manager (JHB North) at Aspen Pharma Group

OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

• Manage a team to deliver complete, accurate and timely reporting in accordance with Aspen’s Group Accounting Policies, internal and third-party reporting requirements and timelines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Accounting

• Manage a team of Financial Accountants to ensure the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of monthly income statement, balance sheet and cash flow reporting and related activities, complete with appropriate analysis and commentary.
• Provide technical Accounting expertise in line with IFRS and Companies Act requirements (including AFS Reviews and dividend declarations)
• Assess the impact of new Accounting Standards and Group Accounting policies and design and document processes and procedures to ensure complete and accurate implementation

Reporting

• Ensure complete, accurate and timely submission of:
• Cognos reporting (active and dormant entities)
• GFS reporting (sales, COGS, UEP)
• Group Reporting Packs (including review and approval of commentary)        

  Audit  

• Manage the deliverables of Statutory and Internal Audits and Agreed Upon Procedures as required
• Provide insight, analysis and prompt resolution of queries
• Ensuring Auditors are supplied with accurate deliverables, including but not limited to:
• Trial Balances
• General Ledger downloads
• Analysis and Commentary
• Reporting packs

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Prepare/Review as appropriate the budgeted/forecast balance sheet
• Apply professional judgement to analyze and explain variances

Management & Other Tasks 

• Lead the team through planning and coordinating tasks efficiently without compromising quality
• Manage team performance through performance reviews and providing sound guidance and support
• Work closely with Treasury to manage applicable bank account and related maintenance and payments
• Resolve team and cross-functional conflict promptly
• Strive for continuous improvement and implement new ways of working as appropriate
• Perform designated approval function
• Manage royalty payment processes
• Act as a link between the Reporting Finance division and other business units to supply information as requested.
• Prepare, maintain and approve appropriate SOPs
• Plan knowledge management and ensure backup resourcing to avoid
• loss of knowledge/information due to attrition
• Ad hoc tasks as assigned

Requirements
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12 / Matric
• CA (SA)

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• At least 1 year post article experience in a finance environment (audit or otherwise)
• Prior experience interpreting and applying IFRS and the Companies Act
• Team and people management experience
• Pharmaceutical/FMCG industry and multinational financial management/reporting experience preferred
• Financial Accounting (IFRS)
• Companies Act
• Management Accounting & Analysis
• MS Office with Advanced Excel
• ERP System (SAP preferred)

SOFT SKILLS AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Effective planning, organizing and coordinating skills to prioritize tasks, manage a team and projects to deliver high quality work under pressure
• Highly numerate
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Logical reasoning
• Results driven
• Problem solving and decision making
• Commercial and strategic awareness
• Independent and self-directed individual who can drive execution;
• Effective interpersonal skills and able to influence people and decisions
• Clear written and verbal communication