Control VIC Performance PPM Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

The key purpose of this role is to guarantee financial excellence through budget tracking/reporting and adherence at the brewery.  Ensure the visibility of cost accounting key figures and/or P/L reporting at the brewery. Support brewery operations, Zone Financial Planning and PPM teams on the forecast by providing inputs for LE & 1 YP.   Additionally, prioritize operational discipline, provide visibility and predictability for price and performance in advance of month-end closing.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Preparation of journals, ensuring that journals are accurately and timeously processed.
• Administer and timeously clear all open items in SAP to ensure a healthy ageing status.
• Assist the team to meet weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLA’s and KPI's.
• Present and implement corrective action and preventive action for recurring process related issues. Perform Root Cause analysis is for recurring or high severity issues resulting in issue reduction.
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required to internal and external audit.
• Share information as it relates to business requirements.
• Help the team and Team Lead in identifying process improvements, excellence and process efficiency opportunities.

Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field.
• 0 -2 years prior related position experience required.
• Computer skills (MS Office, Financial systems).
• Expense Management Experience
• SAP experience.
• Strong process knowledge and understand general finance terms
• Strong interpersonal/business skills and time management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to generate team cooperation