Financial Controller at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: September 25, 2026

Responsibilities:

• Ensure integrity of the policy adherence across the various systems for SABHF
• Assist with ad hoc queries from various customers & suppliers (internal & external)
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required for internal and external audit. Prepare, maintain and archive documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements.
• GRN Compliance (Open PO Management, UOM receipting accuracy)
• Validation of Capitalization
• Support physical verification of assets with Plant managers, Impairments of assets
• Drive ZBB and UPP policy compliance
• Review of the creditors & debtors’ book, including intercompany accounts, to ensure accuracy, completeness and timely settlement of transactions
• Serve as the first line of defense and oversee the execution of controls as defined by Internal Control.
• Ad hoc requests

Month End Responsibilities:

• Drive General Ledger Close processes with all the stakeholders within the specific deadlines. Engage with various stakeholders to resolve issues within the specific deadlines.
• Review & post MEC journals
• Review the statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest to ensure accuracy & completeness of the results, whilst adhering to deadlines
• Support the Cognos month end & quarter end packs, provide commentary to Zone Financial Control team
• Adhere to Hard close & Year end instructions and submit required templates to financial control team
• Monthly variance analyses for the statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest
• Balance sheet Recons: Complete / review and list action items going forward, ensure action items are closed out in a timely fashion
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required for internal and external audit. Prepare, maintain and archive documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements. Providing ongoing financial accounting technical & business support to the zone.
• Review and understanding of the reallocation journals. Root cause analysis and process improvement to reduce number of journals.

Budget Setting Responsibilities (Top down & Bottom up):

• Adhere to all deadlines, guidelines, milestones and submission requirements to the Zone Finance & PPM teams on the below items
• Perform & review all budget calculations for statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest
• Prepare management review presentations for SABHF statement of financial position, respecting guidelines, templates and timelines
• Ensure final budget for statement of financial position is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (SAP, Anaplan)

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Working in a multi-cultural environment ​
• High level of service mindset ​
• Coordination skills​
• High sense for accuracy​
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change​
• Ability to work in a well-organized, accurate and reliable manner​
• Basic business sense​
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver​
• Used to working with deadlines​
• Highly results focused​
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values​
• Presentation skills ​
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively

Minimum Requirements

• Finance qualification
• Preferred SAICA / SIAPA articles
• 3 years relative experience
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Outlook, SAP (R/3, FI/CO, MM, Product Costing)
• Business knowledge and acumen
• Technical skills: Financial Reporting, Product Costing, IFRS, SARBOX
• Ability to work on own initiative and priorities workload effectively