# Financial Manager

Duties & Responsibilities This is a senior management role requiring more than traditional financial reporting. The successful candidate must combine strong financial leadership with an in-depth understanding of manufacturing operations, product costing, inventory management, production efficiencies and commercial profitability. The ideal candidate will be a qualified Chartered Accountant with substantial food-manufacturing experience and expert knowledge of Syspro ERP, capable of translating complex financial and operational information into practical business decisions that improve margins, strengthen financial controls and drive sustainable profitability. Key Responsibilities Lead the overall financial management of the business, including financial reporting, management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management. Provide accurate and meaningful financial analysis to the Managing Director and management team to support strategic and operational decisions. Develop and maintain robust product costing models and monitor profitability by product, customer and business unit. Analyse manufacturing costs, production yields, material usage, wastage, labour effic

- **Id**: 3914139
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/searchrsa-com-financial-manager>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T09:01:03Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T09:01:03Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3028
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497690
- **Name**: Searchrsa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/searchrsa-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T09:58:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: seen:7, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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