Vacancies at AECI Limited

Job Description

Purpose of the job

• Drive financial planning and analysis to support strategic decision-making across the organization.
• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes within the Plant Health businesses.
• Support and enhance internal financial controls, particularly in areas related to data accuracy, reconciliation, compliance and credit control .
• Maintain and govern financial master data to support data integrity, reporting accuracy and ensure robust financial analysis can be performed across all business units.

Financial Analysis:

• Conduct in-depth financial analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through data-driven insights including that of customer and product profitability.
• Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate business scenarios and support planning, including the development of forecast models, EVA models and similar
• Collaborate with business units to align financial plans with operational objectives.

Financial Planning:

• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes across multiple entities, including developing and implementing different periods of forecasting
• Consolidate and analyse budget submissions, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational goals.
• Support long-term financial planning and scenario analysis as part of the budgeting and forecasting processes, including constant updating of the model to factor in key business changes.
• Collaborate with business units to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure accuracy.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying key variances and trends.

FP&A Business Partnering:

• Provide FP&A analysis, interpretation and support to business including variance analyses and financial dashboards.
• Analysis of customer & product profitability and interpreting results to drive decision making towards more profitable business
• Provide financial insights and commentary to support business decision-making, especially around agent profitability, EVA and RONA generation.
• Coordination of the escalation or identification of issues and advise finance leadership of potential business and / or operational risks, as well as developing and implementing proposed solutions to mitigate those risks.

Proactive Financial Management And Internal Control:

• Identify and understand business challenges whilst proposing and creating solutions.
• Ensuring a robust internal control environment is implemented and monitoring controls to ensure their effectiveness
• Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert in providing additional insights.
• Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, revenues and material costs, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made including for Board and Management meetings.

Master Data Management:

• Maintain and ensure accuracy of financial master data, including GL accounts, cost centres, and product hierarchies.
• Collaborate with IT and operations to ensure consistency and integrity of data across systems.
• Support data governance initiatives and contribute to system improvement projects.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations:

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in balances in collaboration with supply chain and operations teams in respect of inventory balances
• Ensure reconciliations are completed in line with internal control requirements and audit standards.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of reconciliation processes and documentation.

People Management and Development:

• Support development of direct reports and indirect reports, including coaching and relevant on the job training.
• Training of the business and other support functions in various finance areas.
• Adhoc projects & support as required by management

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum education

• Grade 12.
• Finance Degree.
• Minimum ±7 years’ experience in a management accountant or similar role.
• Knowledge of International Financial report standards (IFRS).
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel and Power point).
• Knowledge of financial policies, procedures and processes.

Competencies

• Safety awareness
• Planning and organising
• Consistency
• Deciding and initiating action
• Initiative, integrity and ethics
• Analysis, accuracy and attention to detail
• Working with people
• Presenting and communicating information
• Following instructions and procedures
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Adhering to principles and values
• Relationship building
• Deadline driven
• Time management
• Working independently as well as within a team
• Adapting and responding to change
• High work standards
• Problem solving

Closing Date

• 2025/08/01

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Job Description

• To safely and efficiently manage the receipt, storage, handling, and dispatch of explosive materials within the magazines, ensuring compliance with regulatory & safety requirements

Required outputs: functional

• Ensure a safe working environment, adhering to safety protocols and regulatory requirements
• Coordinate and manage warehouse operations, including receipt, storage, handling, and dispatch of explosive materials.
• Maintain effective inventory management systems to ensure accurate tracking and control of explosive materials
• Budget control for field magazines/ depot
• Quality management (on time, in full)
• Stock control and stock management
• Inventory Management & accuracy
• Infrastructure maintenance reporting
• People management and development
• Supervise and develop warehouse personnel to achieve optimal productivity, quality, and security
• Support continual business improvement and change management
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Adhere to legislative requirement
• Comply with Safety, Health, Environment and legislative requirement
• Comply with governance and established policies, systems, procedures and practices

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric
• Diploma in Supply Chain
• At least 2 years’ experience in managing a depot/ field magazines within explosives
• A Magazine Master certificate will be an advantage
• Explosives background and regulatory requirements strongly preferred
• Exposure to Supply chain processes – stock management
• SAP knowledge
• Excellent understanding of the Safety & Health process
• Intermediate skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to write reports

Closing Date

• 2025/08/01

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Job Description

• To assist in controlling Engineering spares by timely receiving, storing , picking, issuing and delivery to sites, local, Cross border and front end units
• Responsible for ensuring that the correct number of parts received
• Offload products from vehicles and move into the stores
• Pick and assemble parts from pick list/reservations
• Operate a Fork Lift when necessary.
• Movement of products between sites and magazines
• Collection/delivery of spares
• Ensure appropriate equipment and consumables are available and in working order. Reports defective equipment to the Team Leader.
• Provide assistance and support to the entire warehouse team to ensure a smooth operation.
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environment standards
• Responsible for good housekeeping in and around the stores at all times.
• Comply with governance and established policies, systems, procedures and practices

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric / Grade 12
• Code 10 Drivers Licence Required.
• At least 3 years’ experience in storekeeping and material handling knowledge gained either by studies or by experience in a stores environment.
• Be able to read, write and speak English
• Ability to carry out mathematical calculations

Closing Date

• 2025/08/01

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Job Description

• To Control Engineering spares by timely receiving, storing, picking, issuing of local, Cross border and front-end units, managing working capital to acceptable levels and prevent business risk of non-availability,

Required outputs: Functional

• Storekeeping for engineering spare parts.
• Accurate management of inventory and effective storekeeping
• Warehouse stores orderly housekeeping standards
• Conduct regular spare parts cycle counts
• GR Received goods from suppliers and GI Picked engineering spare parts against pick list relating to customer orders (local and international)
• Ensure SAP spare part inventory data reconciles with the physical spares on a daily basis
• Update the inventory management systems and proactively escalate system update issues
• Compile supplier quality performance
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environment standards
• Support continual business improvement and change management
• Comply with governance and established policies, systems, procedures and practices

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric
• At least 1-2 years’ experience in storekeeping and material handling knowledge gained either by studies or by experience in a stores environment.
• Be able to read, write and speak English
• Ability to carry out mathematical calculations
• Code 10 Drivers Licence and will be an added advantage
• Working Knowledge of SAPR3 will be an added advantage

Closing Date

• 2025/08/01

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Job Description

• To assist to control raw materials, by timely receiving, storing and issuing raw materials to the manufacturing plants.

Required outputs: functional

• Storekeeping of raw materials
• Responsible for ensuring that stock is received accurately
• Offload products from vehicles and move into the stores
• Pick and issue stock as per requirements
• Movement of products between sites and magazines
• Ensure appropriate equipment and consumables are available and in working order. Reports defective equipment to senior person
• Assist Warehouse Controller with raw material cycle counts
• Ensure SAP inventory data reconciles with the levels on an daily basis
• Ensure raw material metrology checks are conducted where applicable
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environment standards
• Responsible for good housekeeping in and around all stores/magazines at all times.
• Comply with governance and established policies, systems, procedures and practices

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric
• At least 1-2 years’ experience in storekeeping and material handling knowledge gained either by studies or by experience in a stores environment.
• Be able to read, write and speak English
• Ability to carry out mathematical calculations
• Code 10 Drivers Licence
• Forklift license
• Working Knowledge of SAPR3 will be an added advantage

Closing Date

• 2025/08/01