Financial Manager

Eskort has been making life delicious for over a century and is recognized as the home of South Africa’s best-loved bacon, polony, and pork sausages. The company has built a strong reputation for quality, taste, and consistency across its product range. Eskort serves communities through a growing network of retail outlets and dedicated stores. Candidates can learn more about Eskort’s locations and consumer presence by visiting its website online.

The Financial Manager role at Eskort is a full-time, on-site position based in Irene, Pretoria. The successful candidate will assist the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in all financial areas of the business and will be responsible for the group finances, reporting and governance.

The Financial Manager will be an experienced, technically competent CA (SA) who will add value at all levels of the organisation. A core focus will be on financial reporting, consolidation, tax, cost. management, and financial leadership.

• Monthly and quarterly financial results presentation to the to the board
• Financial management and costing
• Presentation of all relevant and required information and key figures
• Tax planning, structuring and management
• Preparation, reconciliation and/or reviewing of industry specific financial reports, and liaison with
• relevant stakeholders
• Timely completion of financial activities for reporting purposes
• Assume responsibility for the preparation, phasing, and maintenance of the division's annual
• budgets
• Ensure continuous business risk assessment
• Monitoring and reporting compliance ensuring an environment of good corporate governance
• Ensuring that all finance policies and procedures are always adhered to
• Lead financial meetings and a dynamic team of employees
• Analyse daily financial activities across all business units to increase profitability
• Complete financial accounting and forecasting
• Deliver reports and metrics to leadership and monitor accounts
• Investigate ways to improve profitability and analyse markets for business opportunities
• Leadership, guidance, KPI and team structuring and development of team members
• Building relationships with key individuals
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the business
• Implement and maintain requirements for risk management
• Overseeing the IT function
• Minimum of five years of financial and business management experience in a manufacturing and/or retail, or industrial environment.
• Thorough understanding of financial, cost and management accounting practices and procedures.

Chartered Accountant CA (SA)

MS-Office, Financial systems (Sage and Meat matrix beneficial)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and relationship builder
• Ability to interact with internal and external customers at various levels within the industry
• Strong leadership skills and people skills, as well as diligence and planning and organising are key
• to the successful performance of this position
• Ability to work under pressure with stringent deadlines
• High level of integrity and respectful
• Emotional maturity
• Results orientated
• Factual, concise and to the point
• Confidence in making a good argument, standing and yet also being flexible to accommodate the business
• Self-motivated and driven
• Hands‑on and actively involved
• Ability to work across cultures and be a strategic partner to the group
• Proactively move processes forward to conclude a positive outcome
• Strong presentation and planning skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial