Purpose of the Role: The incumbent will be responsible to provide commercial decision support across the business including providing accurate financial information to guide operations in their decision making on an operational level, with the responsibility of budgeting, forecasting, business planning and financial modelling. Furthermore, the incumbent will need to develop a work culture that fosters application competence, service excellence, customer focus and business process knowledge.Education, Experience, Knowledge Skills required:Relevant Accounting Qualification (NQF6) including articles advantageousAt least 3-5 years experience as a management accountant managing a large portfolio2-3 years experience in a management capacityAbility to form close working relationships with business stakeholders - communicate effectively, gaining their trust and influencing them where necessaryStrong business planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skillsAbility to quickly analyse and manipulate large quantities of financial data from multiple sources, drawing out key matters of significanceAbility to assess internal control environment, identify weaknesses and implement corrective actionsExcellent communication and presentation skills (including power point)Strong MS Office Suite skills (Advanced Excel) and SAP Finance and Management Accounting modules Functional Tasks:Planning, Budgeting and ForecastingMeasure, analyse, report business performance and provide key inputs for the monthly reporting pack;Financial modelling and analysis of contract, sector, and regional profitability and establishing turnaround plans for the Empact division.Day to day management of the finance teamDebtors and creditors managementManagement and performance of the complete month end processSite visits and performance of audits at sites including preparing audit reports and implementation of corrective actionsMonitoring of internal control environment implementation of improvements where necessaryFleet managementAd hoc Financial tasks / projects Business Consulting and Partnership with:Procurement department with reporting, KPI Tracking, supplier increase sign-off and financial analysis,Function Heads, to understand their business drivers, commercial terms, and manage all financial performance and analysisLead management through the annual forecasting, budget-setting and management process,Service Management and Continuous Improvement:Drive and/or contribute to the achievement of PandD targets and key performance indicators, operational level agreements and service levels to stakeholders. Continuously monitor and introduce areas for improvement by acquiring and providing feedback from/to the customers, and tracking performance statistics. Planning and Controlling:Manage costs within budget expenditure guidelines. People Management:Provide guidance, feedback and reinforcement to sector/regional team members regarding development needs and opportunities, and secure resources to support development efforts as it relates to finance processes.Oversee the training and development ensure competency in performing finance processing. Empact Group is committed to Employment Equity in line with legislation and will give first preference to candidates as per Equity requirements. By applying for a role within Empact Group (Proprietary) Limited, all Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be held and/ or stored securely for the purpose of recruitment. Your Personal Information will be stored electronically in a database. Where appropriate, some information may be retained in hard copy. In either event, storage will be secure and audited regularly regarding the safety and the security of the information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPI”).
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Welcome to Empact

With over 30 years of experience in South Africa and a range of seasoned professionals, Empact Group is a partner that you can count on. We specialise in providing quality food services and support solutions in catering, cleaning, hygiene and pest control. Empact Group aims to create a positive impact with our expertise that is as vast and varied as the needs of our clients. Our teams put all of their knowledge and experience into delivering professional bespoke solutions whilst providing services of the highest standard. We give you absolute quality every-single-time.
We design and implement innovative service solutions to ensure that our clients can concentrate on their core business, knowing that all other activities are being managed in the safest and most cost-efficient manner.
This is all underpinned by an intrinsic Health and Safety culture which has been honoured and developed by working with some of the world's most demanding clients, including oil and energy companies in remote or difficult environments.
We envision ourselves to be the African market leader in contract food and support services. We pride ourselves on doing our job so that you can do yours better.

Our Transition

As of March 2019, Compass Group Southern Africa has been changed to Empact Group. Thebe Investment Corporation (Pty) Ltd (TIC), unconditionally acquired the shareholding of Compass Group Holdings PLC in Compass Group Southern Africa. TIC now owns the entire shareholding in CGSA and its subsidiary companies including Supercare Cleaning and Supercare Hygiene.