Job Description
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Specialty Diagnostics Commercial Leader for South Africa to drive top line growth in the Business Unit
- Pro-actively analyze data trends, making and driving improvements in execution with the management team; and present business issues to management and propose actions.
- Provide and business assessment information to make business decisions (e.g. product line profitability, pricing, promotions, rebates, and customer profitability). Improve on tools used by management to run business.
- Responsible to provide timely, accurate and reporting to the leadership and partners as requested and as required to ensure business issues are communicated and acted upon in a timely manner.
- Identify, communicate, and recommend/implement actions
- Case preparation and analysis/justifications of investment projects and customer contract proposals for larger/more projects as assigned. Includes modeling to ensure prioritisation and return on investment.
- Analyze the global information of the Business Unit and boost in the evaluation of alternatives to drive growth
- Assist in the development and preparation of strategic plan, budget, forecasts, and monthly results
- Drive improvement and standardization in reporting within the Business Unit. Understand key Business Unit operating metrics (price realization, volume performance, SMG&A spending, etc.) and measure performance to the established metrics.
- Perform projects and ad-hoc financial reporting as required
- Align with financial statutory requirements and in accordance with South African law
- Lead all aspects of audits (internal & external), collaborated closely with auditors and implement actions
- Compile South African Reserve Bank (SARB) & STATS SA regulatory reports
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Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- The successful candidate is personable, highly and thrives in a collaborative environment. They have excellent, open, and proactive communication capabilities, identifying and addressing issues via an open dialog.
- Possess strong leadership skills and outstanding analytical and problem solving abilities
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Self motivated with high bias for action
- Track record of developing important relationships at all levels within an organization - at both the business unit and divisional/group level, and can operate effectively in a matrix reporting structure.
- High level of energy; can bring a passion to excel. Able to energize and influence a wide spectrum of people, including senior financial and operational professionals.
- Possess a strong set of personal and business values that coincide with those of the 4Is.
- Believes in and demands accountability.
- Ability to thrive and lead in a sophisticated, global business environment.
Job Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting is required; an MBA is helpful. Should possess excellent academic credentials, a strong proficiency in financial analysis, as well as a technical foundation in accounting.
- The successful candidate will be a well-rounded finance professional with a focus. They should have a minimum of 8 years of dynamically responsible business experience. Experience in a multi-site, global manufacturing organization is desired.
- Solid understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), Cognos reporting tool (or equivalent), PowerPoint, and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is required.
- The successful candidate should expect travel of up to 20%.