Financial Controller Positions - Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa

Closing date: 2019/06/25
Job Title Financial Controller: Statutory & Group Reporting
Function: Finance
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Midrand
Country: South Africa

Job Description 

• Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Finance department. We are looking for talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Financial Controller: Statutory & Group Reporting role, which is based in our Head Office (Midrand). The successful candidate will report directly to the Financial Manager: Statutory and Compliance.

Key Purpose Statement 

The primary purpose of this role is to:

• Owning the process for the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial accounts for the purposes of internal and external financial reporting
• Owning process for consolidating operating entity results and preparing monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated income statement, balance sheet and cash flows
• Prepare annual financial statements for all CCBSA companies
• Ensure compliance to accounting standards

Key Duties & Responsibilities 

• Preparation of individual company and consolidated financial statements, required note disclosure details for quarterly and annual external reporting
• Own the process for research, recommendation and documentation of ad hoc accounting treatment papers and all technical accounting queries across the business as well as acting as liaison with the external auditors in relation to these and other audit issues
• Compliance to SOX, IFRS, internal and external audit as well as other SA regulatory bodies
• Ensure CCBSA’s monthly HFM submissions are completed accurately and on time
• Produce CCBSA’s financial and statutory reporting requirements for CCBA and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) (Monthly, quarterly, budget)
• Ensure revenue and costs are properly accounted for per TCCC and CCBA guidelines
• Ensure a simplified and standardised month end processes are followed
• Identify opportunities to eliminate process inefficiencies
• Provide value adding and analytical insights for the whole group
• Drive the elimination of unnecessary companies and company structure
• Provide technical accounting expertise for significant group transactions and in the preparation of financial statements for the group
• Provide a support role in the development of Information Systems, including but not limited to HFM interfaces and data extraction
• Project work including cost saving initiatives and process optimisation
• Attendance of stock counts and ensure compliance to hard close and year end procedures
• Assistance with ad-hoc activities within the department

Skills, Experience & Education Qualifications and Experience:

• CA (SA) / CTA with completed articles
• 1-3 years statutory and technical accounting finance experience
• Previous experience in managing a statutory reporting function an advantage
• Strong statutory reporting and accounting knowledge.

Competencies:

• A high level of computer literacy (HFM, SAP, Margin Minder, Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Exceptional accounting and reporting skills
• High attention to detail
• Goal-orientated and committed to delivering quality outputs
• Detailed process and analytical ability
• Good self- and staff management practices.
• Ability to work with and influence people.
• Strong verbal / analytical reasoning ability
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• In-depth knowledge of IFRS and experience of implementing standards
• Continuous improvement mind set
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Strong process optimisation skills

General Internal Candidates must submit a fully approved application form (signed off by the Line Manager and HR) to the talent acquisition specialist before the closing date.

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