Regional Financial Controller | Gqeberha

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Regional Financial Controller to take financial responsibility across multiple manufacturing plants.

This is a hands-on, operational finance role for someone who understands manufacturing, enjoys getting behind the numbers and can provide meaningful financial insight to support business and plant performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide financial analysis and commercial support to plant and operational management

• Prepare monthly financial packs, flash results and management reports

• Analyse actual performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying key variances

• Prepare plant P&L and Balance Sheet forecasts

• Manage budgeting and forecasting across the plants

• Oversee stock control, stock takes and variance investigations

• Manage cash flow, working capital, debtors, creditors and GRNI

• Manage CAPEX, tooling and fixed asset reporting

• Analyse manufacturing costs, landed costs and Purchase Price Variances (PPV)

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal controls and audit requirements

• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and profitability

• Lead and develop the finance teams supporting the plants

Key Requirements:

• BCom or National Diploma in Financial Accounting

• CIMA highly advantageous

• Strong Financial Controller / Management Accounting experience within manufacturing

• Solid understanding of costing, stock, CAPEX and working capital

• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting experience

• Experience across multiple plants/business units advantageous

• Previous people-management experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

We are looking for a commercially minded, hands-on finance professional who can partner effectively with operations, challenge the numbers and provide the financial insight needed to drive plant performance.