Elevate your career in a senior financial leadership role within a dynamic manufacturing environment. Our client, an established organization focused on innovative production solutions, is seeking a highly skilled Finance Manager to take ownership of financial strategy, reporting, and operational insights at a large scale.

Duties:

• Manage management accounting and monthly financial reporting processes

• Prepare and analyse management accounts, budgets, forecasts, and latest estimates

• Conduct cash-flow forecasting and working capital management

• Oversee financial controls, reconciliations, and variance analyses

• Handle manufacturing costing, standard costing, and product costing activities

• Conduct Bills of Materials (BOM), labour, and overhead recovery calculations

• Perform product and customer profitability analysis, margin, and production cost analysis

• Manage inventory valuation, stock reporting, and stock-turn analysis

• Identify inventory risks, including ageing and obsolescence

• Provide financial and operational performance insights through management reporting and dashboards

• Support pricing, profitability, and operational decision-making

• Oversee financial functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and General Ledger

• Strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting systems

• Support statutory, tax, and compliance requirements

• Identify financial risks, opportunities, and areas for improved business performance

Requirements:

• BCom Accounting, BCom Financial Accounting, BCom Management Accounting or equivalent finance/accounting degree

• Minimum 5 years' relevant post-graduate accounting/finance experience

• At least 2–3 years' experience in a senior accounting, management accounting or financial management position

• Proven experience within a manufacturing, production, or factory environment

• Strong management accounting and manufacturing costing expertise

• Proficiency in Financial Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Variance Analysis

• Experience with Power BI and ERP systems

• Excellent stakeholder management and analytical skills

• Experience in manufacturing industry specific financial systems and tools