Unique Personnel boasts over 50 years (established in 1970) of personnel and staffing experience, so it's not surprising that even though our main focus has been providing on South African Staffing Solutions, we now recruit internationally for over 5000 clientsDuties & Responsibilities
As the Site's Business Controller, the incumbent will be the first point of contact for financial information and guidance for the site leadership team, ensuring transparency for decision-making and be a trusted advisor providing financial and accounting guidance and solutions. This function is essential for maintaining profitability and ensuring efficient resource allocation.

Duties will include the following:

Responsible for Cost Center Responsibility including; Planning and controlling of cost-by-cost centers; Costing of products and services; cost control; cost budgeting; cost allocation and Cost Center Accounting Reporting System

Provide reliable information for management decision making and as basis for further strategic and operational development

Obtain a comprehensive overview and deep understanding of global accounting and charging mechanism.

Steer and execute month end / year end closing processes as well as the forecast and budget planning.

Support site CAPEX (small investment or potential regional/global project

Annual Sales Planning: annual budgeting process, preparing and compiling of Annual sales budget and coordination with Management team & Company Frankfurt, Sales segment planning (KIMKAM), CM1 planning on segment level based on product cost and material cost impacts, detailed sales planning

Sales Reporting: Preparation of monthly reports, Company Sales, Daily Sales, Sales Incentives, Billing report, Masterdata, Material Writeoff report, Top 20 customers, Sales Forecast, CM1 development, Material Group Sales

Intercompany Transactions: ICTP calculation (ensure correctness of calculation for Royalties, functional costs recharges and commissions), SLA's (check received SLAs with corresponding contracts and their reasonability)

Product Costing: co-ordinate process of product costing, ownership of product costing work instruction, assist & back-up to Operations on daily new costing requests, rate calculation file, check if batch size for calculation corresponds to real production batch size, provide upload and cost and capacity budget to SSC (tariffs will be calculated accordingly)

Identify risks and limiting business losses by means of suitable measures and avoid risks that pose a threat to the company's existence as well as to consider opportunities that possibly Company Ltd.'s value.

Leveraging data and technology to drive innovative processes and business analyses & steering (latest outlook vs. strategic plan)

The application of the IFRS (IAS). Enforcing compliance with Finance and Controlling related rules and guidelines

Assess the strategy implementation and triggering of corrective actions if required to achieve the mid- long-term organizational objectives.

Conduct Performance and cost evaluations of organizational units to assess their contribution to achieving the short- to mid-term organizational objectives

Driving and supporting an environment of continuous improvement and ensuring that the site operates with clear visibility of its cost structure. Identify opportunities to drive simplicity and automation, reduce complexity and support the realization of cost savings opportunities and efficiency gains.

Assess actual business performance vs. prior periods, forecasting and operational planning

Facilitates effective and efficient use of the organization's financial and non-financial resources

Analysis of each Business Units concerning current business performance (market, operations, resources)

Assist and provide information in all financial related audits, Internal and External.

Review of growth, profitability, strategic Measures & Milestones, investments, R&D, sustainability. Adherence to customer specific requirements, ensure requirements and input related to IATF 16949:2016, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 45001:2018 and Company Responsible Care system relevant to this position are adhered to.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Grade 12 (Matric) and;

BCom in Accounting/ Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting/BCom in Management Accounting (NQF Level 7)

3-5 years of experience in cost and management accounting, preferably within a multi-national organization

Excellent knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP R/3 or SAP S/4 knowledge will be an advantage)

Technical & Professional Knowledge: Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, cost accounting, budgeting, and variance analysis

Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing and relationship-building skills

Ability to work under pressure as well as meeting strict deadlines