Finance Manager: TBI & Food Service

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Partner with the Finance Director and the Exports and Food Service teams to improve financial performance and support profitable growth. Lead financial reporting, planning and forecasting, ensuring strong financial controls and governance. Provide commercial insight to guide pricing, investment and cost decisions, and drive finance digital transformation to improve efficiency and decision-making.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Be responsible for the financial hygiene of the Exports and Food Service financials.
• Overseeing internal and external audits.
• Support the Finance Director on financial governance.
• Monthly reporting to Group Finance.
• Overseeing internal and external audits.
• Maintaining the Exports and Food Service Risk Register.
• Budgeting and forecasting financial modelling.
• Strategic business development scenario planning and modelling.
• Revenue management for Exports and Food Service i.e. pricing and implementation of the CAT tool.
• Leading the finance digital transformation strategy for Exports and Food Service.
• Driving business performance by leading weekly sales estimates with the Customer team.
• Cost management and variance reporting i.e. reviewing fixed cost spend with the Customer and Marketing Director on their respective areas, and marketing investment effectiveness tracking.
• Financial presentation at Business Planning Meetings.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE

Key attributes and competencies

• Strong financial control and governance skills, including reporting accuracy, audit oversight and risk management.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities to support budgeting, forecasting and strategic scenario planning.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to evaluate pricing, revenue performance, cost drivers and marketing investment effectiveness.
• Effective business partnering, presentation and influencing skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
• Ability to lead finance digital transformation, systems adoption and continuous process improvement.
• Strong leadership and accountability, with the ability to manage competing priorities across stakeholders, countries and categories. 

Experience

• Relevant commercial finance and finance business partnering experience in FMCG, with increasing responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and cost management.
• Experience managing audits, financial controls and risk processes, and delivering finance improvement initiatives.
• CA(SA) qualification essential.

WHAT YOU WILL BE MEASURED ON

• Financial reporting accuracy and timeliness: Monthly Exports and Food Service reporting delivered to Group Finance by agreed deadlines, with minimal errors or subsequent adjustments.
• Planning and forecast quality: Sales plans, budgets and forecasts approved on time, with forecast accuracy tracked against actual results and material variances clearly explained.
• Financial governance and audit outcomes: Effective financial controls, timely closure of audit findings and an up-to-date risk register with agreed mitigation actions tracked to completion.
• Revenue management effectiveness: Accurate and timely pricing implementation, adoption of the CAT tool and measurable contribution to margin improvement.
• Cost and investment management: Timely identification of spend variances, delivery of agreed cost actions and evaluation of marketing investment effectiveness.
• Commercial decision support: Timely, robust financial models and scenario analyses that inform business development and investment decisions, with reviews of outcomes against assumptions.
• Finance transformation delivery: Agreed digital initiatives delivered to plan, with demonstrated adoption and measurable improvements in reporting speed, accuracy or manual effort.
• Business partnering effectiveness: Weekly sales estimates completed with the Customer team, agreed actions followed through and stakeholder feedback demonstrating the value of finance support.

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