About the position
General Manager Finance
Location: Atlantis, Western Cape
Salary: Neg (depending on experience)
About the Role
- Senior leadership role responsible for shaping the financial future of the business
- Strategic and operational impact with scope to build, innovate, and grow
- Long-term career opportunity with room for influence and results
Why Join
- Well-established and growing business with long-term prospects
- A dynamic leadership team that values initiative, innovation, and accountability
- Opportunity to design and improve systems and processes
- Role with scope to drive efficiency and continuous improvement
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts with variance analysis
- Lead the annual budget process and manage cash flow forecasts
- Oversee year-end audit and ensure governance compliance
- Manage Debtors, Costings, and Orders teams
- Oversee credit management (Credit Manager reporting directly)
- Negotiate with banks, suppliers, and service providers
- Monitor margins, distribution costs, and manufacturing standard costs
- Lead systems development, IT procurement, and outsourced IT function
- Manage bi-annual stock takes and variance reporting
- Ensure compliance with statutory reporting requirements (VAT, PAYE, IRP5s)
- Collaborate with Sales on pricing, budgets, and forecasting
- Ensure timely creditor payments and sound cash management
Requirements
- CA(SA) or BCom degree with 7+ years of business experience (outside auditing)
- Strong systems knowledge: Sage Pastel (essential), Granite WMS (advantageous)
- Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data analysis)
- Familiarity with AI tools for finance and business efficiency (advantageous)
- Proven leadership ability to manage, mentor, and inspire teams
- Commercially savvy, solution-driven, and strong negotiation skills
Ideal Candidate
- Balances strategic vision with a hands-on approach
- Practical, solution-focused, and motivated by results
- Views the role as a long-term opportunity to innovate and grow
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About The Employer:
Our client is a South African-based manufacturer, importer, and distributor with a strong national footprint. Established in the early 1990s, they produce rainwear, PVC products, and a range of lifestyle and leisure goods, while also managing in-house brands across outdoor gear, garden tools, and protective clothing. In addition, they hold exclusive distribution rights for several leading international leisure and camping brands in Southern Africa, supplying major retail chains, independents, and wholesalers.
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