Description:
Delecta - a fast growing producer owned exporter – is marketing and supplying fresh fruit to leading international and local retailers and wholesalers. The following career opportunity became available in the Paarl Office.
OPERATIONAL AND SYSTEM MANAGER
We invite a suitably qualified and experienced candidate to apply for this position.
Purpose of Position : to provide insightful reports and analysis to assist with fundamentals crucial for maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the organization’s financial operations.
This position oversees accounting software maintenance and development, ensures accurate financial reporting and manages cost accounting in order to drive strategic decision-making and optimize financial performance.
The incumbent will report directly to the Financial Director.
Responsibilities will primarily focus on:
A. Operational Management:
Systems & Reporting:
- Business Central Dynamics 365 & Produce Linc:
- Maintain relationship with the System development team.
- Implement new developments and innovations.
- Manage the system developers and service providers.
- Manage open tickets with the System development team.
- Maintain all Master data.
- Support staff with any Business Central enquiries
- Manage all job queues within Business Central to ensure system effectiveness.
- Build custom report layouts.
- Manage all system change requests from the company by detail developing of all scope changes.
- Ensure the necessary reports are send out and communicated with the relevant parties.
2. Vendor Portal:
- Ensure new vendors are set up. Communicate login details with vendors and assist with queries.
3. Power BI:
- Daily/Weekly monitoring of reports to ensure accurate and updated BI Reports
- Maintain current reports and update queries where needed.
- Build and innovate new reports.
4. Information Technology:
- Manage and maintain relationship with the Service providers such as IT service providers, Internet services provider etc.
- Manage all IT infrastructure in collaboration with the Service Provider.
- Ensure the company’s systems is operational according to pre-set times.
- Procurement of computer hardware equipment and ensure staff is operational equipped.
- Manage Microsoft 365 data and set-up of OneDrive and/or SharePoint accounts.
5. Innovation:
- Analyse business processes and procedures and implement effective solutions to make it more efficient.
- Proficiency in analysing operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
B. Financial Management (on fill-in bases)
- Cost Accounting
- Payroll
- Supplemental financial related responsibilities
Requirements:
- Maintain relationship with the System development team.
- Implement new developments and innovations.
- Manage the system developers and service providers.
- Manage open tickets with the System development team.
- Maintain all Master data.
- Support staff with any Business Central enquiries
- Manage all job queues within Business Central to ensure system effectiveness.
- Build custom report layouts.
- Manage all system change requests from the company by detail developing of all scope changes.
- Ensure the necessary reports are send out and communicated with the relevant parties.
- Ensure new vendors are set up. Communicate login details with vendors and assist with queries.
- Daily/Weekly monitoring of reports to ensure accurate and updated BI Reports
- Maintain current reports and update queries where needed.
- Build and innovate new reports.
- Manage and maintain relationship with the Service providers such as IT service providers, Internet services provider etc.
- Manage all IT infrastructure in collaboration with the Service Provider.
- Ensure the company’s systems is operational according to pre-set times.
- Procurement of computer hardware equipment and ensure staff is operational equipped.
- Manage Microsoft 365 data and set-up of OneDrive and/or SharePoint accounts.
- Analyse business processes and procedures and implement effective solutions to make it more efficient.
- Proficiency in analysing operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
- Cost Accounting
- Payroll
- Supplemental financial related responsibilities
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Operations Management or related field.
- Above-average leadership-, communication-, problem-solving- and attention to detail qualities.
- Sound customer relations and customer service abilities.
- Pro-active approach to enhance teamwork and time management.
- Proficient technical skills in applicable software and, preferably, an understanding of the fruit export industry.
Essential requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Operations Management or related field.
- Above-average leadership-, communication-, problem-solving- and attention to detail qualities.
- Sound customer relations and customer service abilities.
- Pro-active approach to enhance teamwork and time management.
- Proficient technical skills in applicable software and, preferably, an understanding of the fruit export industry.
You will form part of Delecta’s goal driven Financial team. Remuneration will be aligned with the requirements of the position.
Marianne Rousseau will receive all the applications and enquiries at mwnti@iafrica.com till Wednesday, 21 May 2025 .
Kindly accept that alternative decisions have been taken should you not hear from us within 6 weeks. We will, however, keep your CV on record for further reference purposes.