Excise Controller at The Heineken Company

Key responsibilities
 
Managing daily Excise activities

• Ensuring that any automated excise documentation for removals, printed from the system, is correctly signed, and managed (accompanying specific movement and stored). Includes cider, beer and alcohol despatches and receipts.
• Scan all DA32 and DA187 documents into the Enterprise scan system for archive purpose.

Managing monthly Excise activities

• Reconciliation of alcohol register supplied by Production team.
• Complete all manual documentation on the alcohol extraction process.
• Compiling monthly Excise accounts
• Beer: complete monthly reconciliation of movements by using SAP reports
• Beer: complete monthly excise account (DA260) with information from reconciliation
• Cider: complete monthly excise account (DA260) by using SAP reports
• All accounts (DA260): forward to Tax department within set timelines.
• All accounts (DA260): Complete e-filing submission (EXD260) within set timelines.

Managing Financial entries related to excise & customs

• Post provision entries for SARS payment to GL account for payment purpose
• Ensure that all general ledger accounts, as per instruction from Tax Department, are reconciled and submitted on/before the set due date.
• Complete monthly internal controls
• Follow up on all queries and ad-hoc tasks from the Tax Department or SARS

 Education and Experience

• BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification completed.
• Customs Sufficient Knowledge (CSK) accreditation will be advantages
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in Excise & Customs activities, ideally in Supply Chain.
• FMCG experience advantageous.
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to search out facts without prior process/guidance.
• Excellent team player with strong oral and written communication skills.
• High level of cross functional cooperation: effectively partnering with various teams.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Drive for improvements and changes.
• Sound knowledge of MS office and SAP with specific importance to manufacturing.