Vacancy Details
Employer: Service Solutions Staffing
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- Review the forecast monthly by brand, channel and customer in collaboration with sales leaders, supply chain & planning;
- Support the Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance with month end reporting, budget and forecasting processes, and ad-hoc reporting requirements and IT related projects;
- Support the Director of Sales and Key Accounts team via business partnering, analysis, opportunity assessments and quarterly performance reviews;
- Develop and maintain accurate customer and brand contribution statements and evaluate the financial data to provide meaningful insights to management;
- Assimilating financial data into valuable information to create daily, weekly, and monthly reporting of pertinent financial information to all departments and key stakeholders.
- Ensure all pricing and promotions for customers are reflected accurately in SAP;
- Monitor monthly promotional and operating expenses in comparison with Budget and latest estimates;
- Monitor new product launches and sales in comparison with targets;
- Analyze promotional ROI performance and suggest recommendations;
- Partner with the Head of Supply Chain and Senior Planner to assess the effectiveness of current processes and to suggest and implement improvements;
- Assist product managers with the costing for new product development;
- Financial modelling and price simulation analysis.
- Administrator for the business intelligence warehouse (IBM Cognos);
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and operations, to understand their financial needs and provide proactive and reactive support to achieve business objectives;
- Provide accurate views on risks and opportunities.
Job Requirements
Qualifications, Experience & Skills Required:
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- Educated to degree level or equivalent. Degrees in Finance, Statistics and Economics considered to be an advantage
- Experience in the area of Accounting/Controlling or internal/external audit with strong wholesale and marketing interest.
- Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting within a commercial setting.
- Proficient in financial modeling and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- SAP experience considered to be an advantage.
- Proficient at Microsoft Office â Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- High calibre of professional interpersonal skills, with excellent analytical, conceptual, and communication skills (both oral and written)
- Performance driven, tenacious and goal orientated
- Strong communication, networking & influencing skills
- Innovative problem-solving ability and can facilitate change
- Able to lead cross functional teams both internally and externally
- Proven ability to conduct complex, quantitative, and statistical analyses complimented with qualitative inputs from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations
- Ability to think outside the box when searching for solutions to problems
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Well-organized and able to set priorities and clear targets.
- High degree of flexibility
- Able to grow with the level of responsibilities and with the size and structure of the business
In line with our clientâs operational requirements reference, credit and criminal checks will be performed
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About Service Solutions Staffing
The Specific aim of the company is to provide a highly personalised, customer focussed service when it comes to staff recruitment. With a client base ranging from blue-chip corporates through to SMME's, we pride oursleves on achieving this objective through constant monitoring of the market.
Our logo - "Linking Potential with Opportunity" sums up the way we go about our business. Assessment of each client needs, coupled with the career aspirations of our candidates allows us to put forward people we believe will add value to the company they join.
Mainly specializing in logistics and retail related business, we are also well positioned to handle general placements.
We are able to assist our clients with candidates on a temporary contractual basis where necessary.
Additional service include access to verification services.
Positions are advertised on the most relevent media, where there is highest exposure to quality job seekers.
Strict screening results in a database of candidates who are checked. Our guarantees are designed to provide peace of mind in a way that ensures the responsibility for filling a position is our prime concern throughout.
SERVICE SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN RATED A LEVEL FOUR CONTRIBUTOR TO BROADBASED ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - 100% BEE PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION LEVEL
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