Financial Analyst at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: February 25, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Efficient and accurate adherence to the closing calendar to perform the general ledger close activities as required by the business.
• Adherence to General Ledger closure deadlines in accordance with management requirements.
• Preparation of monthly and annual General Accounting activities.
• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Commentary.
• 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.
• Maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Present and implement corrective action and preventive action for recurring process related issues.
• Perform Root causes analysis for recurring or high severity issues resulting in issue reduction.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with the SAP team to leverage system functionalities to improve the process.
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required to internal and external audit.
• Present to the Team Lead key challenges, insights, and workarounds.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in FMCG environment, prior related position experience required.
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, financial systems etc.
• End to end SAP experience.