Fresh Vacancies at ABB

Your Responsibilities

• Accounting and Financial Transactions: Performing general accounting activities, applying techniques and standards to solve unusual issues. Applying accounting techniques and standard practices to the classification and recording of financial transactions. Reviewing accounting journals in accordance with the tables of authority.
• Reporting and Analysis: Executing accounting analyses and reports as assigned. Understanding US GAAP reporting requirements, with a detailed knowledge of IFRS and experience in implementing new standards. Co-ordinating with the Hub to ensure all reporting is completed accurately and in a timely manner. Involving in projects, providing insight and contributing to project success by through financial data analysis and executing financial related tasks. Supporting B-BBEE process through providing financial info as and when required.
• Balance sheet Reviews & reconciliations: Reviewing reconciliations by applying technical accounting skills. Following up on reconciliation queries and resolution. Preparing balance sheet review and highlight areas that need attention.
• Internal controls: Participating in internal control testing and prepares relevant documentation. Demonstrating a good understanding of controls over financial reporting.
• Risk assessment of Financials: Supporting management with assessment of balance sheet and off-balance sheet risk through regular reviews with business, following up on long outstanding matters, finding mitigating solutions. Conducting investigations and reconciliations of accounts monthly. Implementing continuous improvement.
• Financial Statements: Preparing of annual financial statements.
• Fiduciary: Liaising with external auditors during audits. Ensuring compliance with companies act of South Africa
• Project Management: Managing regular projects in accounting area.
• Safety and Integrity: Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   

Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting is mandatory. Holding a post degree in finance or CA(SA) qualification would be an added advantage.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role (general accounting or shared services) along with experience of implementing new IFRS standards.
• Required hands on experience in working of ERP systems like SAP.
• Required in-depth knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel – Intermediate to advanced level.
• Having project management experience in the financial arena will be an added advantage.
• Required strong good communication and interpersonal skills.

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Your Responsibilities

• Electrical Engineering: You will learn the Testing of Switchgear on all EPMV areas. Primary, Secondary, Modular and Service area, Testing, Working with electrical and mechanical designs for switchgear and CAD drawings.
• Mechanical Engineering: You will learn Basic design and draughting of motors, basic electrical and mechanical workings on electric motor, and project coordination.
• Control and Instrumentation: You will learn about our Control Systems, Field Instrumentation and Actuators, Design and Commissioning of DCS.
• Industrial Engineering: You will get learn our Factory Operations, Time Studies
• and Process Improvements.
• A Critical part of ABB's operating philosophy is safety and integrity; Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   

Your background

• You should have a BSc or B-tech or Diploma in any of the areas mentioned above. In addition to the hunger to learn, you should demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, problem solving, creativity, innovation complemented with solid interpersonal and leadership skills and high self-confidence.
• As par of the program you might be included to execute site work and travelling for sales, service and commissioning of our products in countries where we have operations.

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Your Responsibilities

• Formulating competitive bids/estimates/quotations, considering the best available product mix and appropriate technical and commercial considerations for each individual situation. Ensuring tenders are well documented in a timely manner and with appropriate level of detail, including full and accurate costs with support from the Sales and Marketing Specialist.
• Managing the preparation of all technical, financial and if necessary, project management aspects of the bid/estimate/quotation, indicating prices and trading conditions with support from the Sales and Marketing Specialist.
• Coordinating In accordance with bid/estimate/quotation planning, ensures that inputs for editing activities are provided on time and according to established quality procedures capturing the necessary opportunities on Sales Force.
• Collecting and archiving documentation regarding the offer/order and records assumptions and decisions taken during the development process. Regularly reporting the status of the bids/estimates/quotations using defined tools and collecting and analyses the reasons for tenders being lost and won.
• Responsible for collecting and collating all information needed to prepare the proposal, including both technical and cost elements with support from the Sales and Marketing Specialist.
• Establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships to understand customer needs. Ensuring a positive customer experience throughout the sales process. Providing any necessary technical support to Sales Managers and the Sales and Marketing Specialist during technical meetings with customers.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   

Your background

• A National Diploma in Electrical Engineering or higher.
• Minimum of 1-2 years in the area of preparing tenders/quotes, with some experience in Transformers, HV products and or Substation. Some knowledge of the South African transformer market is required.
• Experience in Sales Force is required. Knowledge of the various transformer product offering from ABB and their relevant factories.
• Report writing, presentation and communication Skills - Analytical thinking - Conceptual thinking - Strong ethics – Assertiveness.

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Your Responsibilities

• Account strategies : Participating in the development of sales strategies for accounts by providing the customer’s current business and long-term plans.
• Sales targets : Defining and proposing sales targets and growth margins for the account and ensures their achievement with a structured follow up process.
• Account plan : Leading the development and implementation of the account plan to include designing the executive relationship strategy and coverage plans, prioritizing the opportunities, identifying a target for each solution element. Proposing recovery plans in case of potential order shortfalls.
• Customer relations : Establishing and developing account relationships based on a defined strategy. Acting as focal point for problem resolution and monitors customer claims. Planning, facilitating and conducting customer negotiations.
• Customer knowledge : Developing, maintaining and sharing detailed knowledge of the customer’s business strategy, purchasing behavior, organization, decision-makers, customer business drivers, economic trends, and competition.
• Volume and profit : Selling products/solutions/services to customers, focusing on volume, mix and profitability targets for assigned Business Unit.
• Market activity : Monitoring competitors’ activity with each account and ensuring that appropriate response strategies are formulated and implemented.
• Sales : Creating added value for the customer and ABB by ensuring a coordinated sales approach. Communicating details in accordance with ABB supply, offering and strategy.
• Marketing : Coordinating the use of internal or external resources in order to provide value added services to accounts.
• Safety and Integrity: Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   

Your background

• An Engineering degree or MBA required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in power utility industry, at least 10years of experience in an Eskom-type environment.
• Deep understanding of the power utility environment, particularly Transmission and Distribution.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with C-suite executives as well as function leads in Eskom.
• Ability to take ownership and handle many complex problems at once, with good interaction skills and coordination capabilities of many different role players, both external and internal.

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Your Responsibilities

• Management Practice Program in partnership with a selected business school to expose you to the Business value chain so that you can accelerate your knowledge of the business environment and understand the role you play.
• For Engineering, Partner with an excellent provider who will develop both your technical and professional skills and lead you to the road to registration with ECSA.
• Various Soft skills to help you develop both personal and professional etiquette and help you navigate the world of work and speak the business language.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   

Your background

• You should have a Degree, B-tech, Diploma or S 1-4 in any of the functions mentioned. Willing to learn and attend classes when needed. Demonstrate strong written and communication skills and overall learning attitude.
• Very Important: Please attach your academic record to your application. Your application will be immediately disqualified if this document is not attached.
• Due to overwhelming responses, should we not come back to you within 30 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.