Financial Planner Manufacturing & Value Chain at The Coca-Cola Company

Key Purpose 

• To drive the implementation of effective cost management processes and procedures to ensure optimal financial performance and revenue management by CCBSA Manufacturing and Technical business leaders, enabled by analytical insights and financial reporting.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Cost Management and Reporting

• Review head office manufacturing cost centres relating to fixed costs for Manufacturing and Technical head office in order to ensure accurate cost allocation and reporting.
• Consolidate the financial performance results and variance reports of regions and head office as input into the month-end submissions.
• Process journals/accruals to correct cost treatment and ensure expenses are posted to the correct general ledger, including Voyager Settlement Process.
• Conduct analyses and consolidate manufacturing related costs, as in put into the Manufacturing and Technical Business Review.
• Provide input into areas of potential opportunity and risk relating to spend within manufacturing teams, by region.
• Prepare reconciliation for Balance Sheet general ledger accounts affecting head office manufacturing and as required by RACM.
• Compile volume report for the manufacturing function to depict actual vs planned volumes, by plant.
• Provide input into improved financial reporting templates for Regions.
• Conduct adhoc financial analyses and investigations as required by the business. 

Governance

• Gather evidence required to conduct an audit on procurement value capture calculations, price changes and price additions.
• Conduct quarterly stock counts with co-packers to verify stock-on-hand.
• Prepare and provide supporting evidence for items requested by internal and external auditors.

Budgeting 

• Provide input into manufacturing models and targets used in the budgeting process.
• Capture head office manufacturing budgets as input into the annual functional manufacturing budgeting process.
• Consolidate regional manufacturing financial results and ratios as input into the budgeting preparation and results analyses.

Skills, Experience & Education    
Qualifications and Experience 

• BCom in financial management or equivalent.
• Chartered Accountant of South Africa (CA(SA)) / Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) would be advantageous.
• 3-5 years of financial management experience.