Jobs at FFS Refiners

Description

Our Industrial Energy Division in Chloorkop is on the lookout for a strong, dynamic and results-driven Sales Manager to join our team.

• Maintain and grow sales within the existing customer base
• Obtain new sales from other identified potential customers
• Ensure adherence to procedures on customer sales orders, specifications, pricing, payment terms and record keeping
• Conduct regular visits to allocated customers to build/maintain relationships and grow volumes
• Gather and report market information on allocated and new customers
• Ensure customers’ needs are met by obtaining the required FFS support: technical, supply chain, pricing, credit management
• Assist with customer price management for existing customers
• Assist with pricing for potential new customers
• Market the division’s energy products to other existing and new customers – formulating and growing a sales opportunity pipeline
• Ensure historical performance reviews and budgeting and forecasting for new sales performance targets
• Assist with customer credit management 

Requirements

Essential:

• 5 years work experience in a Sales/ Business Development and or Technical role
• Diploma or Degree in Business or Sales
• Demonstrated working experience within the petroleum (oil, gas, lubricating oils) or chemicals and related industries. (boiler/fuel oil/heating systems)
• Ability to maintain existing customer relationships and successfully develop new customers in other industry sectors/hunter mindset.
• Passionate about customer service delivery  
• Ability to learn and self-develop in this role
• Goal orientated
• Has a strategic approach to business development and market expansion
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

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 ASSISTANT FINANCIAL MANAGER 1:

Operational Entity

Responsible for Property, plant and equipment reporting including:

• Fixed asset reconciliation and update of asset register for monthly movements.
• Preparation of internal reports.
• Liaise with the business to determine status of capital/construction projects and ensure capitalisation occurs timeously.
• Prepare all supporting calculations and assist with annual insurance renewal.
• Facilitate technical opinion of treatment of various assets that are acquired or disposed off in the business.

 Taxation

• Assist with year-end activities such as tax, preparation for year-end statutory audit and financial statements.

Reporting

• Reconciliation of TB to QlikView platform for completeness and sense checks.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts and consolidation
• Preparation of monthly capex in board report formats
• Preparation of reporting packs for Bankers & submission of Statistical returns.
• Preparation of quarterly board reports
• Preparation of group annual financial statements
• Preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, annual results and budget in specific formats as may be required by shareholder group for operational and holding companies.

Subsidiary and Holding Companies

• Review of monthly reconciliations.
• Quarterly reports for board pack submission.
• Financial statements at year-end.
• Year-end reviews of tax and deferred tax computations.
• Full accounting function of investment holding company 

General

• Review and release of payments for the operating entity as and when required
• Approval of creditor invoices for processing and payment.
• Preparation and maintenance of the prepayment and other ad hoc GL and cash book reconciliations.
• Assist with annual budgetary process.   

ASSISTANT FINANCIAL MANAGER 2: 

Oil Procurement

• Directly responsible for management and oversight of oil procurement team and function including (but not limited to) the following responsibilities:
• Review product costings and monthly mass balance for accuracy and completeness
• Follow up and escalate on stock losses identified
• Review check and authorise Supplier invoices for Oil purchases prior to payments
• Review of Supplier reconciliations and accrual accounts and ensure queries and disputes resolved timeously.
• Forex exposure management on a deal-by-deal basis
• Provide management and supervision of team 

Assist with Treasury and Cash Management including:

• Prepare reserve bank applications for foreign payments and transactions
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecast
• Prepare LC applications and other General Short Term Banking facility utilisations on Standard Bank Portal and resolve queries with supplier and bank 

Assist with System Development as follows:

• Assist with implementation changes to Software (inhouse and Syspro)
• Manage system Admin team 

BOTH POSITIONS

• Ad hoc assignments as and when required by management
• Provide technical opinion on business imperatives/strategies as and when required

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• Essential: CA (SA); Articles at one of the major audit firms; 3 years or more manufacturing & or Petrochemical experience. 

Other Attributes

• Highly ethical, consistent, fair, trustworthy, energetic, dedicated, accurate.
• Business orientated with strong technical ability and a logical thinker.
• A good team player with good communication and prioritisation skills.
• Able to function optimally with minimal direct supervision or support.
• Able to work under pressure. Good interaction with management (internal & external).
• Some extra time required to meet reporting deadlines.
• ERP systems and software knowledge and interest. 

CLOSING DATE: 10 July 2026