Distribution Center Finance and Risk Manager at Clicks Group

Overview

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

Purpose and Objectives

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
•  To take responsibility for and appropriately manage the staff compliment by empowering, developing and ensuring performance and delivery of targets.
•  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 inventory function which incorporates analysis and management of shrinkage targets, review of goods in transit, as well as owning the master data within the warehouse, with a view to reducing the risk of financial loss as well as enabling the accurate replenishment of stores.
• 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.
• 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:

• Export legislation relative to neighbouring countries
• General accounting principles and standards
• Best practice auditing standards
• Warehouse experience (product flow, systems, SOP’s, etc

Job Related Skills:

•  Computer literacy (Microsoft office)
•  Presentation skills
•  Analytical skills
•  People management skills
•  Negotiation skills

Job Experience:

• 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 retail industry
• 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: Chartered Institute of South Africa