Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) have exciting opportunities in the Finance Department. We are looking for talented individuals with relevant skills and experience for a Financial Controller : Commercial, which is based in COF Guateng & Coastal. The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Financial Manager.
Key Purpose Statement
To execute regional financial processes and procedures which support in driving the delivery of accurate regional financial results, through integrated financial analysis, and partnering with district leadership teams. To partner with district leadership to support the implementation of the RACM framework within their districts.
Key Duties & ResponsibilitiesKey Outputs and Accountabilities
Cost Management and Reporting
Coach district line managers to develop financial acumen and capability. Prepare and present district financial updates in weekly district team meetings to track performance to date versus target. Compile and consolidate regional weekly financial update and submit for review. Track and monitor cost commitments, and process complex journals and accruals into the general ledger to ensure all income and expenses are accounted for in the accounting period. Review district functional income statements and identified sections of the regional income statement, to ensure accuracy and completeness. Conduct various analyses and provide commentary on identified sections of the regional income statement variances to derive data insights, highlight cost saving opportunities and identify risks requiring mitigation. Implement, track and monitor cost saving initiatives and action plans, by partnering with district teams, to align to the overall regional financial objectives. Update and communicate weekly and monthly financial reports depicting regional and district financial performance, tracking key performance indicators, to target audiences with the region. Consolidate and analyse regional financial data to support the delivery of a regional cost forecast through communication with key district stakeholders. Conduct various detailed analyses and highlight opportunities to drive productivity and efficiencies across the districts. Calculate the feasibility and report on the implementation of opportunities to drive productivity and efficiencies within the region. Implement head office or regional financial plans and report on progress, to support the enablement of projects or ad hoc requests aligned to company commercial objectives.Governance
Co-develop corrective actions with line managers to address identified gaps as a result of RACM quarterly self-assessments. Attend quarterly functional surprise stock-counts within the region to ensure accurate stock reporting, aligned to RACM requirements. Attend quarterly full-stock count within region, as a management control requirement, to ensure accurate stock reporting. Report on unverified assets and coordinate coaching sessions with the Financial Accounting Asset team on the asset verification process and identified correction processes to ensure RACM compliance and minimise losses. Provide feedback on redundant assets to support quarterly impairment survey. Provide commentary and supporting documentation for quarterly regional functional balance sheet reconciliation sign-off. Analyse head office LDP dashboard shared by head office and highlight control gaps through the identification of opportunities and risks, to drive compliance. Devise action plans to close gaps and track the implementation of these plans to drive improvement of compliance.Budgeting
Scope opportunities to eliminate waste by conducting various analyses of district financial performance. Using parameters, guidelines and resourcing requirements, as received from head office, to deliver on the financial objectives. Provide input into the regional budget through the consolidation of line manager budgeting requests. Provide input to various budgeting models and upload final models to the budgeting software Provide input into regional budget forecast, as required throughout the year, to meet functional financial performance objectives. Run various budget reports for review of variances by financial and line managers. Skills, Experience & EducationQualifications and Experience
BCom (Hons) in financial management or equivalent. Chartered Accountant of South Africa (CA(SA)) / Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) would be advantageous. 6-8 years of experience in financial management. Advanced MS Office, specifically Excel.
Competencies
Customer Focus
Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Timely Decision
Making Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision.
Approachability
Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower, getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.
Action Oriented
Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
Interpersonal Savvy
Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Organizing
Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently arranges information and files in a useful manner.
Knowledge
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting standards used to regulate reporting standards. GeneralThe advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications should please apply.