An exciting career opportunity exists at Medipost Pharmacy for a Financial Manager based in Gezina, reporting to the Group CFO. The purpose of the job is to administer and manage the Medipost Finance department, so that all monthly and yearly reporting needs are met, including monthly management accounts, annual audit requirements, monthly and annual tax submissions and payment, working capital control, financial strategy, financial budgeting, profitability and cost control including minimizing of stock write-offs, segment reporting and profitability control, tender pricing for new business, ensure submission of annual Employment Equity Report and WSP Plan, maintain and/or improve BBBEE accreditation level.
Key performance areas:
- Accurate accounting records for monthly and annual reporting.
- Compliant accounting records for annual financial reporting and annual external audit.
- Timely preparation of monthly management accounts concluded by the last working day before the 10th of each month.
- Timely preparation and input of annual budgets.
- Regular maintenance of Revenue.
- Management of new projects profitability and relationships with operations teams to ensure smooth process.
- Expense and profitability reports.
- Allocation of overhead costs, activity-based costs, and break-even analysis in order to determine current and proposed service costs (for new business price offerings and tenders).
- Use investment appraisal techniques for the evaluation of capital expenditure, potential contracts and service projects (NPV, IRR, Payback period, Cost of capital).
- Debt collection, expense commitment control, cash flow planning and cash flow monitoring.
- Maintain debtors control procedures (account creation; maintenance, pharmaceutical regulatory compliance, debtors risk assessment through credit checks; debtors’ insurance).
- Review EFT's for all purchases within the subsidiary.
- Ensure asset control within the Medipost Subsidiary.
- Advise on lease versus buy decisions.
- Assist with 5 -10 years Strategic plans.
- Tender pricing committee for all new tenders.
- Advise on profitability of proposed business, business valuations and acquisitions.
- Evaluation of contract pricing alternatives; tender and contract evaluation and Negotiation.
- Assist consultants with tax queries and statutory submissions.
- Ad-hoc requests and tasks as per the Group CFO/COO/GCM.
QUALIFICATIONS:
MINIMUM:
- Bachelor of Accounting Science and completed articles.
EXPERIENCE:
MINIMUM:
- 3 or More years post article experience as a manager.
IDEAL:
- 3 or More years financial management experience.
- 3 or more years’ experience in Pharmaceutical Distribution and Warehousing including arrange logistical and distribution fees with suppliers.
LICENCING:
COMPETENCIES:
- Staff management.
- Self and time management.
- Planning and organizing.
- Cost Control.
- Stock Management.
- Business minded.
- MS Office Advanced.
- Exceptional Managerial and administrative skills – operations and people.
- Superior interpersonal skills: both persuasive and influential.
- Excellent communication skills: both written and verbal.
- Strong business acumen with an ability to operate at a strategic level.
- Ability to understand and interpret data.
- Analytical.
- Numeracy.
- Knowledge of HR/ER Processes.
- Strong organisational and prioritising skills.
- Superior ability to do forecasting and planning.
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