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Financial Operations Executive

Financial Operations Executive

Humankind GroupCenturion, South Africa
12 days ago
Job description

Key accountabilities

1. Dealer Profitability

Management

  • Analyze dealership financial statements to assess

profitability and recommend improvement plans.

  • Track and report key dealer KPIs (e.g., gross margin,

    • working capital, ROI).

  • Develop dashboards and MIS reports for dealer health

    • monitoring.

  • Provide support and guidance to underperforming dealers.

    • 2. Dealer Incentive

    Schemes

  • Design and implement incentive programs aligned with

    • company sales and service objectives.

  • Coordinate with Sales, Finance, and IT teams to ensure

    • seamless incentive disbursement.

  • Track dealer performance against incentive metrics and

    • share regular updates with stakeholders.

  • Audit and validate claims related to incentive programs to

    • avoid misuse.

    3. Dealer Advertisement

    Fund (DAF)

    Management

  • Oversee the allocation, utilization, and audit of the Dealer

    • Advertisement Fund.

  • Ensure adherence to guidelines and approval processes for

    • dealer-led advertising.

  • Collaborate with the Marketing team for co-branded

    • campaigns and fund disbursal.

  • Track ROI of local marketing efforts and recommend

    • optimizations.

    4. Dealer Claims

    Processing

  • Establish a transparent and timely claims management

    • process for warranty, incentives, and other dealer

    reimbursements.

  • Coordinate with internal departments to resolve

    • discrepancies in claims.

  • Comply with all internal process, compliance and approvals;
  • Monitor claim turnaround times and maintain SLA

    • adherence.

  • Implement periodic audits to ensure compliance and

    • accuracy.

    5. Dealer / Customer

    Financing & Banking

    Relations

  • Build and maintain relationships with banks / financial

    • institutions to facilitate inventory and retail financing for

    dealers.

  • Negotiate favorable terms for the dealer network and assist

    • in onboarding new financiers.

  • Act as a liaison between the dealer and financial institutions

    • to resolve funding-related issues.

  • Track dealer credit utilization and support in managing

    • dealer liquidity.

    Minimum Qualification

  • Graduate in Commerce / Business Administration
  • MBA in Finance (preferred)

    • Experience

  • Minimum 5 years of commercial marketing management experience, preferably in the automotive

    • industry or similar / related sector.

  • Strong knowledge of product positioning, consumer trend analysis, campaign planning, development

    • and execution as well as strong project management experience.

  • Proficient understanding of digital marketing and related platforms.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Financial acumen and understanding of cost optimization through ROI metric measurements.

    • Skills and attributes

  • Strong analytical and financial acumen
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Sound understanding of automobile dealer operations
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems (SAP, DMS, etc.) preferred
  • Ability to work cross-functionally across Sales, Finance, and Marketing teams
  • Collaborative, Agile and Bold person to support dealer network

    • Key Relationships

    Internal Stakeholders 1. Sales Teams

    2. Product Team

    3. Aftersales Team

    4. Marketing

    External Stakeholders 1. Vendors

    2. Dealership

    3. IO Support functions

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