For decades, Rainbow Chicken has been a trusted name in South Africa’s poultry industry — known for quality, resilience, and innovation. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for exceptional leaders to help shape the next chapter of our journey.
This opportunity is part of our Senior Management Talent Pool — a proactive initiative to identify and engage top talent ahead of future leadership needs. While there may not be an immediate vacancy, joining the talent pool means you’ll be considered for upcoming roles aligned to your skills and experience as they arise.
If you’re passionate about driving excellence, sustainability, and feeding the nation, we invite you to express interest and become part of our pipeline for future leadership opportunities.
Role Purpose:
Responsible for Financial and taxation functions of Rainbow and its subsidiaries/investments. To assume full accountability for all financial aspects of the business, including financial/statutory reporting, strategic and tactical decisions affecting and impacting business finance fundamentals, working capital management, corporate activity relating to mergers/acquisitions and projects, forecasting, tax and legal compliances and budget management across all areas of the
business.
Required Qualifications:
- CA (SA) with 6-8 years post-articles experience
Required Experience:
- 6-8 years post-articles experience in a financial accounting role, including people management and exposure to processing or manufacturing environments.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
Knowledge
- Financial accounting and taxation principles and practices.
- Strategic and financial planning and execution.
- Highly numerate and able to analyse statistical information and interpret financial data to produce reports which can be understood by non-financial colleagues and third parties.
Skills
- Strong leadership and team management.
- Experience in formulating policy, developing and implementing new strategies and procedure.
- SAP FI experience preferable.
Key responsibilities:
- Drive the financial and statutory reporting strategy.
- Monitor banking and working capital management.
- Lead the Income Tax and VAT compliance.
- Develop, implement and maintain business and financial control systems.
- Develop and optimise financial and tax strategy.
- Assume role of Public officer for SARS.
- Provide leadership, guidance and support to the Central and Regional finance teams.
- Oversee consolidation of forecasts, annual budget and 5 year business model process.
- Analyse, report and provide advice on taxation issues, review taxation returns and reports and handle disputes with taxation authorities.
- Review and provide insight on monthly balance sheet and cash flow statements.
- Ensure appropriate external and internal audit arrangements in place and manage audit process to meet deadlines.
- Provide accurate and timeous financial reporting.
- Manage the diesel rebates claims for farming entities with SARS.
- Drive the interim and financial year end reporting requirements and ensure adherence to Group and Remgro deadlines.
- Ensure corporate governance compliance
- Ensure compliance with IFRS, Income Tax and VAT Acts, as well as the RCL FOODS Policy and Procedure Manual
- (“PPM”).
Teamwork and Self-Management:
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self-development.
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
- Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
- Support and drive the business core values.
- Manage colleagues’ and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
- Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
- Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities.
- Participate in and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
Staff Management:
- Lead and develop staff within the context of the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, Basic Conditions of
- Employment Act and the Skills Development Act.
- Monitor staff performance and provide regular feedback.
- Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to.
- Coach and support staff where necessary to achieve objectives.
- Manage staff leave and general time management issues in line with organisational deliverables and standards.
- Champion staff training and development through the utilisation of available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions in collaboration with national training specialists.
- Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates.
- Establish sound staff and labour organising and communication structures and systems.
- Lead the team towards meeting the strategy and targets through regular communication and utilisation of the full organisational talent management tool set.
- Conduct regular meetings and ensure that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to within team meetings are delivered upon.