Cost Analyst at PepsiCo

Main Purpose

To provide detailed expense reports to explain overspends and flag all critical areas to the Leadership team. To also prepare and submit journals for provisions to correctly reflect the company’s expenditure at month-end.

Accountabilities

• Assist in annual budget planning.
• Download and analyse MOH report.
• Analyse expenses vs. budget on a weekly and monthly basis to ensure –

1. The correct allocation of expenses within the Ops budget.
2. All the necessary receipts have taken place for material & services.

• Forecast anticipated spends to

1. Predict monthly LE’s and full year estimates
2. Alert plant management of critical overspend areas

• Analyse and allocate the monthly engineering spares expenditure to R&M.
• Calculate journals for Dead time, overtime and leave to correctly reflect the company’s direct labour cost at month-end.
• Finalise all direct report expenses.
• Timeous collection & submission of creditors documentation to head office (MOH, raw materials and other),
• Manage Utilities consumption spreadsheets i.e. ensure updated with daily readings, obtain monthly bill, workout usage per tonnage.
• Assist with finalising various KPI reports.
• Managing Capex register and depreciation expense with Head office
• Manage waste leaving site spreadsheet i.e. ensure completed correctly (GOR number, volume, supplier) and follow up on any proceeds from the disposal thereof.
• Establish monthly manning hours for LTIR report.
• Assist in finalizing stock count (checklist sign off and variance analysis)
• Facilitate SAP changes (i.e. completion off change request forms and follow through on changes).
• Manage expenditure on consumables i.e. stationery etc. ordered by the Site Administrator.
• Management of Monthly MOH and LE’s
• Management of creditors (i.e. ensuring timeous receipting, collection and submission of invoices to Accounts Payables)
• Manage the Productivity monthly reporting. i.e. ensure that all productivity relating to projects or initiatives are updated timeously in the Powersteering portal.
• Managing the Site Cost Reporting (PCC), on a monthly basis for sector reporting, including providing comprehensive commentary on variances for month-to-date and YTD vs AOP, Flexed AOP, P4F and P9F.
• Prepare the Finance Deck for the monthly Management review.
• Continuously review the Kronos processes and make changes where necessary in order to comply and enhance controls.

Review and compile the Kronos reports:

• Weekly and monthly sign-off reports
• Kronos Audit trail report used for COSO testing
• Kronos Access report used for COSO testing
• Conduct Self-Audit Testing to check COSO compliance of the overtime and access control KC, file the supporting information or documents and communicate the results with Management and the Process owner.
• Timeous capturing of the Audit result on the Europe GCS Portal as per communicated timelines by the Internal Audit team.

Manage and develop the following roles :

• RMS Frontline Manager
• Site Administrator
• Raw Material Storeman
• Raw Material Handlers

Qualifications/Requirements
Key skills / Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Financial management - Cost Accounting a prerequisite
• Experience managing Creditors
• Ability to budget and forecast
• Directing and managing the day-to-day activities of various people to compile weekly and monthly results timeously
• Computer literate – MS Office and Advanced Excel
• Minimum 2 years in a Manufacturing environment
• SAP and P2P knowledge an advantage
• Analytical
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Drive for result
• Accuracy
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Team player