Job Description
THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

• You will be responsible for ensuring a sound control environment within the local logistics environment. You will also be responsible for ensuring appropriate stock balancing with third party service providers, conducting required verification, valuation and ageing review of finished goods stock and ensuring compliance with internal control requirements. The role will require working closely with Finance, Logistics, IT, 3PL’s and Internal audit teams across the organisation in understanding the control environment and minimizing control weaknesses as far as possible.

Responsibilities
WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Design, implement and monitor internal controls within the local warehouse environment
• Identification and mitigation of potential control weaknesses in the warehouse environment
• Continual assessment and analysis of the warehouse controls environment
• Properly executed stock counts and strong inventory control in terms of finished goods across warehouses and distribution centres and working capital management.
• Monitoring of goods in transit, finished goods aging and related reporting
• Monitoring of stock balances between Tiger and third party service providers, resolving and minimizing differences as far as possible with support from other relevant parties
• Investigation, analysis and explanation of stock variances and control breakdowns
• Monitor & evaluate the control performance trends, performance against KPI’s , providing accurate relevant and timely finance information to the business to enable it to meet its finance commitments.
• Ensuring the general ledger and various sub-inventories are in balance at all times
• Prepare and analyse information to ensure month end close is completed in accordance with tight reporting deadlines
• Partner with logistics and internal audit to improve on the daily operation and control adherence
• Support the preparation of management reports (Actual vs Forecast vs Budget).
• Drive continuous improvement in the warehouse environment
• Provide direct and indirect supervision to subordinates
• Partner with the Business Units and provide stock updates on a regular basis

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• BCom Accounting
• 3 – 5 years experience
• Proven track record in a similar finance roleÂ
• Experience of working in Finance team supporting logistics as business partner

WHAT YOU WILL BE MEASURED ON:

• Stock reporting
• Internal audit findings
• Adherence to logistics controls
• Stock losses and system balancing
• Customer satisfaction