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