PURPOSE OF JOB

Overall responsibility for the administrative and financial affairs of the company, including financial planning and budgeting, reporting, cost control and cost analysis programs and IT & IS Departments. 

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Finance & Administration, IS and IT Staff

• Ensure adequate, competent and well-trained motivated staff compliment.

Financial reporting

• Timely and correct financial and administrational recording, record-keeping and reporting, including preparation of management and statutory information for internal, board-level, and external stakeholder use and interpretation.
• Preparation of the annual financial statements in terms of generally accepted accounting practice and performing all yearend accounting functions.
• Preparing and reviewing the monthly management accounts
• Completing the annual tax return.
• Ensuring that company tax affairs are handled correctly and within legal parameters.
• Complying with De Heus Global Management Guidelines for finance and administration

Company Secretary

• Compliance with relevant statutory and other legislation.
• Keeping all companies’ statutory records up to date.

Company assets

• Safeguarding the assets and interests of the company and its shareholders by advising the CEO, Board and other stakeholders about the financial health of the organization.
• Ultimately responsible for accounts receivables.
• Implementing the principles of transparency and good corporate governance insofar as they apply to the financial and administrational function.
• Adequate Insurance – Ongoing monitoring and implementation.
• Asset control - Implement systems and controls to control and monitor assets.

Financial Budget

• Preparing and reviewing the annual budget.
• Liaison with financial institutions to raise finance facilities and structure financial packages.
• Monitor and provide for adequate daily cash flow for the company to meet its financial commitments.
• Weekly, monthly and annual reporting of actual business results relative to the annual budget according set timeframes for both the local organization and the De Heus Global organization.

Investments

• Participating in and contributing to investment and other strategic decision-making. This will also require doing the financial feasibility calculations for planned investments and doing profitability analysis on strategic long-term plans

IT and IS Departments

Ensuring the following outputs from the IT(Information Technology) and IS(Information Systems/ERP) departments:

IT:

• Adequate, stable and reliable computer and server networks.
• Reliable and effective security and firewall protection of companies financial and administrative information.
• An efficient and effective IT support desk.
• Backup system that meet the company’s requirements.
• Complying with the De Heus Global Management Guidelines.

IS:

• Design and development, administration and monitoring of information systems of which ERPXL (our ERP system) and SAP/BPC (our consolidation software) are the most important, to support organizational strategy and information processing needs and requirements.
• Adequate, stable and reliable ERP and DHApps systems.
• Ensure financial and administrative integrity of the ERP and DHApps systems.
• Ensure that the ERP and DHApps systems meet the evolving business requirements.
• An efficient and effective IS support desk.
• Complying with the De Heus Global Management Guidelines.

COMPETENCIES

KNOWLEDGE QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Qualifications: 

• Matric
• Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting and Taxation)
• Registered and in good standing with CAIPA or SAICA
• Degree in Accounting

Legal requirements:

• Possession of a valid code 08/EB driver’s license

Experience:

• 5 Years’ experience in in a similar position and preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Sound knowledge of MS Excel

Knowledge:

• Intermediate to advance knowledge of MS Excel
• Conceptually understands an ERP system and data warehouse functions.

SKILLS

• Problem solving and decision making.
• Discussion of opposing viewpoints and conflict handling.
• Communication, relationship building and influencing.
• Computer (MS Office).
• Written communication.
• To demonstrate good leadership and organizational skills

BEHAVIOURS

• Pro-active, goal focused and results orientated approach.
• Innovative (ideas and initiative).
• Self-starter and follow-through.
• Required to work with minimum supervision

Adverse Working Conditions

Travelling: More or less 4 different weeks in the year, on rare occasion may be two weeks on a single incident without returning home over the weekend in the middle.

Applicants must submit a comprehensive CV, with work-related references to hrsa@deheus.com

Closing date:  19 April 2024

Please note that only applicants who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, kindly consider your application unsuccessful. De Heus reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.