Position Summary:
Reporting directly to Rapak’s Manager, Finance Supervisor, this role will support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, associated analysis as well as general commercial support and strategic decision making.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement & balance sheet forecasts, operational reporting) taking into account company’s goals and financial standing.Develop sales and margin reporting on a company, region, plant, customer and product basis.Support the preparation of budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.Develop robust financial analysis of historic and future performance to enable appropriate commercial and strategic decision making.Prepare and present financial rationale / justification for capital expenditure proposals for group authorization.Provide market insight and commercial analysis to identify and analyze potential strategic and operational opportunities for the group.Tracking delivery of business initiatives and providing insight and analysis for success criteriaWork with divisions to assist in the preparation of long-range plans and business cases for new capital expenditure purposes and cost benefit analysis.Drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function.Support development of a business analytics/intelligent systemPrepare and post journal entries as neededMaintain and reconcile general ledger accountsAssist with internal and external audits, ensuring data accuracyReview financial transactions for accuracy and complianceManage customer pricing, maintain precise records, update pricing quarterly, and perform monthly pricing auditsWork closely with the commercial finance team to assist with pricing audits and support as needed[KL1]Assist in preparation of tax returnsExamination of travel expenses (occasionally)Support in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with the International StandardsCapex and RFAsDaily, Weekly and Monthly reportingProduction of Management packsSyteline, BI, BPC and Blackline inputsSOX Controls and CompliancePrepare detailed business analysisTrack physical inventoryContinuous Improvement support and tracking