Job Summary
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Admin and Purchasing
- Financial and cost control management.
- Advise Plant Management on all financial and performance matters.
- Budgeting and detailed cost analysis.
- Managing purchasing commitments, tenders and service contracts.
- Administration management.
- Liaising with BURS and Customs.
- Coordination of IT, Finance and HR (having had necessary experience in large manufacturing
environments).
- Broad understanding of payrolls and authorizations for payments to be made.
- Ensuring and checking adherence of internal control processes.
- Service contracts - pricing and delivery thereof.
- Government and other Botswana entities.
- Legal matters affecting company.
- Internal control processes – ensuring and checking adherence of such.
- Control and management of the purchasing processes.
- Involvement tender processes for services.
Human Resources
- Ensure effective and smooth running of all aspects and that department provides necessary support to the plant.
- Having overview of personnel costs and head counts (act vs bud), authorization of payrolls, necessary analysis of deviations.
- Authorizing of bonuses.
Controlling and Claims
- Responsible for preparation of budgets and forecasts.
- Monthly reporting to management.
- Analysis of variances and implementation of necessary corrective actions.
- Monthly controlling reports to KSAB.
- Other necessary KPI reports as required.
- Coordinate adhoc costs for claims to suppliers and customers.
Key Requirements
- Degree in Accounting / Finance and ACCA; or any related professional qualification.
- 10 years’ experience in managing costs, budgets, and administration aspects of a business in
an automotive manufacturing environment, of which 5 years must be at plant manager level.
- Data extraction tools for analysis.
- Leadership and Project management skills.
- Experience in HR related matters