Financial Controller

The South African Breweries; Agawam (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African Breweries seeks an experienced finance professional to ensure timely, accurate month-end reporting for SAB Hop Farms across the balance sheet, income statement, and related tax and interest lines. You will manage budgeting and LE submissions, while upholding SOX/MICS controls and supporting audit processes.

Responsibilities include coordinating GL close with stakeholders, posting MEC journals, and delivering insightful financial commentary to the Zone Financial Control team.

Qualifications

• Finance qualification and SAICA/SIAPA articles preferred.
• 3 years relative experience.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, SAP, Cognos and Anaplan.
• Strong IFRS and SARBOX knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of policy adherence across SAPHF systems and processes.
• Assist with ad hoc queries from internal and external customers & suppliers.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal/external audits.
• Drive month-end close and prepare MEC journals for accurate financial reporting.
• Review financial statements (ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors) for accuracy.
• Support budget setting and variance analysis across the GL/accounting cycle.

Skills

MS Excel

Outlook

SAP

Product Costing

IFRS

SARBOX

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Education

Finance qualification

SAICA/SIAPA articles

Tools

Cognos

Anaplan

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

Key Purpose

The Key Purpose of this role is to ensure timely and accurate reporting of month-end financial results for SAB Hop Farms for the Statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, Inventory, Tax and Interest, in line with approved policies and procedures and with various stakeholders, including the NOCC ATR team, Zone and Plant PPMs, Zone Control and Procurement. To manage the budget planning process for the Statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, Tax and Interest. To submit timely and accurate LEs on Debtors, Creditors and ICY. To ensure adherence to and proper documentation for MICS and SOX. To continuously review and improve processes within the entity. To maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of process areas. The position performs activities on financial transactions across various systems, including SAP, Jean and Anaplan.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of the policy adherence across the various systems for SABHF
• Assist with ad hoc queries from various customers & suppliers (internal & external)
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required for internal and external audit. Prepare, maintain and archive documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements.
• GRN Compliance (Open PO Management, UOM receipting accuracy)
• Validation of Capitalization
• Support physical verification of assets with Plant managers, Impairments of assets
• Drive ZBB and UPP policy compliance
• Review of the creditors & debtors’ book, including intercompany accounts, to ensure accuracy, completeness and timely settlement of transactions
• Serve as the first line of defense and oversee the execution of controls as defined by Internal Control.
• Ad hoc requests

Month End Responsibilities

• Drive General Ledger Close processes with all the stakeholders within the specific deadlines. Engage with various stakeholders to resolve issues within the specific deadlines.
• Review & post MEC journals
• Review the statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest to ensure accuracy & completeness of the results, whilst adhering to deadlines
• Support the Cognos month end & quarter end packs, provide commentary to Zone Financial Control team
• Adhere to Hard close & Year end instructions and submit required templates to financial control team
• Monthly variance analyses for the statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest
• Balance sheet Recons: Complete / review and list action items going forward, ensure action items are closed out in a timely fashion
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required for internal and external audit. Prepare, maintain and archive documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements. Providing ongoing financial accounting technical & business support to the zone.
• Review and understanding of the reallocation journals. Root cause analysis and process improvement to reduce number of journals.

Budget Setting Responsibilities (Top down & Bottom up)

• Adhere to all deadlines, guidelines, milestones and submission requirements to the Zone Finance & PPM teams on the below items
• Perform & review all budget calculations for statement of Financial Position, ICY, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, TAX & Interest
• Prepare management review presentations for SABHF statement of financial position, respecting guidelines, templates and timelines
• Ensure final budget for statement of financial position is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (SAP, Anaplan)

Key Attributes and 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

• Finance qualification
• Preferred SAICA / SIAPA articles
• 3 years relative experience
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Outlook, SAP (R/3, FI/CO, MM, Product Costing)
• Business knowledge and acumen
• Technical skills: Financial Reporting, Product Costing, IFRS, SARBOX
• Ability to work on own initiative and priorities workload effectively

Proven Capability In

• High sense of accuracy, attention to detail & adherence to deadlines
• Consulting and facilitation of key customers and stakeholders
• Influencing diverse stakeholders
• Implementing and achieving business results through other peopleThinking conceptually and strategically, while maintaining a cost-conscious and practical approach to using time and resources
• Driving change and demonstrating resilience

Knowledge of

• Development planning, including career and organizational development

Understanding of

• Agile, Agile WOW, Systems, BBBEE, Organisational skills: planning, focus & discipline, Aligning strategic and operational needs.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and adherence to deadlines

Additional I** nformation

• Band: VIII

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.