PPM Lead (Finance Lead) - VOPS Caledon at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Annual Plan/Budget

• Adhere to all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements to the Zone Supply PPM team ​
• Review all budget calculations for OPC’s/BOMs and own the end to end process ​
• Lead the ZBB budget process for the plant and ensure all guidelines, templates and timelines are adhered to ​
• Support on the completion of the CAPEX budget as required​
• Lead the headcount and paycost planning process for the plant​
• Ensure all champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget while avoiding double counting​
• Prepare management review presentations for Zone, respecting guidelines, templates and timelines ​
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (COGNOS, SCFD, SAP, TM1)​
• Provide correct bottom up VIC standards and actuals for MACO reporting​

Monthly Process (reporting/analysis/review/LE)​

• Responsible for the preparation of a full year forecast outlook (LE) for the plant ​
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results​
• Identify risks, respective route causes and identify gap closing action plans ​
• Consolidate and report LE on a monthly basis to the Zone Supply PPM team​
• Review of new PCE’s/BOMs on a monthly basis as and when required​
• Review of the plant P&L and validation that the results reported are accurate and there is no material misstatement ​
• Review of headcount & paycost reporting on a monthly basis​
• Leads the completion and presentation of the monthly plant T&M deck with the Plant Manager​
• Monitors coherence between Budget, CAPEX and ZBB Performance of the Plant​
• Responsible for monthly and year end closing activities in supply (esp.. validation of accruals)​
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial results in line with approved policies & procedures​
• Manage Relationship with Network of Capability Centre (NoCC) for outsourced activities​
• Tracks performance targets for the Plant Operations to reach World Class Excellence Operational efficiency. (e.g. DBCM calculation, by product income tracking, packaging & malting loss etc.)​
• Assess Operational efficiency Supply, identify initiatives and lead actions plan to optimize the Supply performance and to close the gaps towards 3YP, Budget, LE, Global Benchmarking.​
• Executes Management Reporting for the plant to enable best-in-class operational performance management ​
• Review of fixed asset management​
• Ensure effective tax compliance

Ad Hoc​

• Define recommendations to support Senior Management decisions.​
• Manage projects as required; participate in ad hoc projects​
• Challenge and monitor capacity utilization and footprint strategy where applicable​
• Perform detailed analyses to determine cost opportunities at a plant level and participates actively in zone benchmarking activities. ​
• Perform strategic studies to streamline the business.​
• Ensure the application of coherent definitions and reporting requirements.​
• Mediate on behalf of Supply PPM on performance (P&L) issues/ conflicts across functions.​
• SPOC for the Supply function towards Plant.​
• Maintain an effective financial control environment at the plant, this includes but is not limited to ensuring that the following activities take place:​
• Fixed asset verification ​
• Inventory control effectiveness​
• Stock counts​
• Excise return reviews​
• Decant compliance​
• Facilitate SARS audits​

Key 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:

• Honors degree in Accounting
• MBA / CIMA / CA (SA)  would be advantageous
• 3+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience Product Costing 
• Knowledge of Financial Reporting
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices
• Project management, problem assessment and solving skills ​
• Working in an ERP environment​
• Working in a process-oriented organization
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP R/3 Module FI/CO, SAP BW