The Financial Planner is responsible to provide

accurate, relevant and timeous management reporting

that enables appropriate business decision making

• Coordinate the budgeting, forecasting and reporting

cycles to facilitate a strong financial performance

• Provide statutory reporting requirements within the

provided deadlines

• Analyse data to provide valuable insights

• This role will work with various Finance stakeholders

including the Finance Manager to gather and validate

information

• Works closely with line managers to build their

financial acumen

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement

Work closely with the Financial Manager to give insightful input and

commentary on the Financial (historic) reporting for their area

(monthly)

• Provide accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting in a

standardised format done quarterly (estimates) and annually

(budget).

• Coordinate and facilitate strong financial performance through

detailed business analytics and insights – focus on the highest

costs, their associated drivers and establish KPIs that closely

measure how the business performs against this.

• Complete the budget process through to approval – prepare the

original budget, five year plans and estimate for the business

function. Distribute budget worksheets and relevant info and prepare

budget schedules.

• Support the Finance Manager to compile and present budgets and

capital submissions

• Attend monthly meetings with relevant budget holders and ensure

that costs are controlled within budget. Review phasing of all

budgets versus actual expenditure and assist budget holders with

queries.

• Liaise with budget holders with regards to estimates and other

changes and ensure major variances are investigated and support

appropriate corrective actions within Illovo to get back on track

• Perform capital project valuations (IRRs) and post investment

analysis on key capital projects

• Review and improve score cards and related processes.

Engage in regular internal and external benchmarking.

• Participate in relevant meetings (i.e., monthly customer meetings, cost

meetings for factory/service departments) as required.

• Routine tasks: Generate the cost reports; maintain the SAGE forecasting

modules; capture factory budgets in SAGE and recon/upload budgets;

provide CI support (Prokects in Progress PIP Report); generate the Capital

work in progrees CWIP Report within SAGE and track capital project

performance; provide information for HR Reporting (i.e., dashboard, HR

Metrics, Social Investment);

• Develop and maintain favourable stakeholder relationships with various

stakeholders; and manage Service Level Agreements

• Produce production reports for quarterly forecasting

• Produce the shut-down maintenance budget

• Promote and adhere to Group procedures, policies and guidelines,

including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law

and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).