Intercompany Controller at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Managing the health of all Intercompany balance sheet accounts in terms of ageing, validity of transactions within the account, debit transactions in credit accounts and vice versa
• Identify risks, respective route causes and identify gap-closing action plans for all Intercompany processes
• Review intercompany reconciliations and drive down mismatches
• Engagement with all functions within the business to provide a detailed review of the Intercompany process
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles internally in line with global policies and externally with regards to Financial Reporting Standards
• Ensuring adherence and proper documentation for MICS and SOX Controls and SLAs, to satisfy audit and statutory requirements
• Adhere to Internal Control protocols and co-ordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Support the business on strategic projects by ensuring correct accounting records are set up through systems
• Drive down Payables and Receivables, as well as FX impact and close open queries across the markets.
• Ensures the provision of accurate, on-time financial reporting to the business to support decision making
• Makes sure that the team works efficiently, is customer-centric and delivers on business expectations
• Ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, records or processes associated with services provided
• Providing ongoing financial accounting technical and business support to the Zone for all underlying accounting process in the tower
• Guide the 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
• Adhere to weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLAs and KPIs.
• Present month-end reporting to stakeholders in line with their expectations
• Understanding of Exchange Control Legislation and Company Requirements

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability to generate team cooperation while building and leading diverse teams
• Strong interpersonal/business skills and time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and priorities workload effectively
• Ability to be flexible with position duties and scope of work
• Driving change and demonstrating resilience
• Implementing and achieving business results through other people
• Strong Intercompany and Source-to-Pay process knowledge
• Analytical approach/good problem-solving skills
• Thinking conceptually and strategically, while maintaining a cost-conscious and practical approach to using time and resources.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Post Graduate finance qualification and a minimum of  5 years relative experience
• Business knowledge and commercial acumen
• Knowledge of imports and exports and Transfer Pricing preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
• Computer skills (MS Office - Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) with particularly strong Excel skills
• Knowledge of SAP, Syspro, Financial Close and Consolidation System, COGNOS System, Power BI preferred
• Understanding of:
• Agile, Agile WOW and Systems
• Organisational Skills
• Planning, focus and discipline
• Aligning strategic and operational needs