Finance Administrator - South Africa at The Coca-Cola Company

Job Description    

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced and self-motivated Finance Administrator. 

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. CCBA has an extensive footprint in Africa, employing over 17 000 employees, serving a combined population of over 300 million people across the continent.

The CCBA vision is to refresh Africa every day and make the continent a better place for all, growing successfully as a business and creating a better shared future for our people, customers, consumers, communities, planet, and shareholders. We conduct ourselves with the utmost integrity for shared value and the greater good. We are a world class, customer-orientated, socially, and environmentally conscious fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company that is driven by engaged, motivated and inspired employees.Key Duties & 

Responsibilities    

• Strategic leadership and ownership of the integration of the CCBA fixed Asset function, including processes, systems, and tools.
• Ensure simplified and standardized month/quarter/year-end processes are followed. Preparation of General ledger reconciliations.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate process inefficiencies.
• Provide a support role in the development and maintenance of Fixed Asset Information Systems, including but not limited to MSD and SAP.
• Plan and manage the annual budgeting and quarterly planning processes for Capital Investment.
• Provide insightful, timeous asset related reporting for CCBA.
• Process management of CCBA’s capital investments.
• Custodianship of the fixed asset governance process in line with CCBA’s chart of authority and control systems (Erf/ DocuSign). With a good understanding of Capitalisation of asset requirements.
• Plan and manage fixed asset verification and reconciliation per CCBA and CCBA requirements.
• Ensuring a continuous improvement mind set throughout the fixed asset function.
• Review of Creditors reconciliations in line with CCBA policies and procedures.
• Perform the month end closeout process and procedures (including logging of relevant closeout calls).
• Managing the CCBA General ledger and Hyperion submission.
• Support of functions within the business as required.
• Adhoc projects.

Skills, Experience & Education    

Qualifications:

• Minimum requirement: B. Com Degree in Accounting or equivalent.

Experience:

• 3 – 5 years’ experience, in a Finance Administrator with Fixed Asset experience.
• Strong SAP experience and Excellent MS office skills, particularly Excel at an intermediary/advanced level.