Intercompany Controller at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Engagement with all functions within the business to provide detailed review of the intercompany process
• Review of Intercompany account analysis and reconciliations for completeness and integrity.
• Overall release of balance sheet journal entries (accruals, intercompany recharges invoices, FI payments)
• Prepare the Intercompany Trial balance for Cognos reporting.
• Managing the health of all intercompany balance sheet accounts in terms of ageing, validity of transactions
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles internally in line with global policies and externally with regards to financial reporting standards
• Drive the reduction and resolution of reconciling intercompany difference on Cognos
• Ensuring adherence and proper documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements including MICS and SOX Controls and SLAs
• Providing ongoing financial accounting technical & business support to the zone for all underlying intercompany process
• Prepare and present month end reporting packs to stakeholders in line with their expectations
• Assist team with weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLAs and KPIs.
• Assist team in identifying process improvements, excellence and process automation and efficiency opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with technology to leverage system
• Perform Ad hoc requests and projects
• Present and implement corrective action and preventative action for recurring process related issues
• Understanding of Exchange Control Legislation and Company Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting or related field and Post-Graduate qualification.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years in managing financial performance in Intercompany space
• Competency in Computer skills (MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI), with particularly strong Excel skills
• Knowledge of SAP, Syspro, COGNOS systems