Credit Controller (Temporary) - Pepsico Park CDC Snacks

PepsiCo; Germiston; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented credit control specialist to enhance cash flow and minimize bad debt risks. This pivotal role involves managing the end-to-end credit control function, ensuring timely collection of debts, and maintaining strong relationships with customers. You will be responsible for accurate bookkeeping, claims management, and comprehensive reporting to support the finance team. Join a dynamic environment where your analytical skills will directly contribute to the financial health of the organization, and help drive positive action for both the company and its stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of financial and management accounting principles.
• Proficient in SAP and BI tools for effective reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and collect debts while maintaining customer relationships.
• Ensure accurate bookkeeping and timely reporting of accounts.

Skills

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Persuasion

Influence

Negotiation Skills

Education

Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Business Intelligence (BI)

Job description

Overview

We are PepsiCo

PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13,000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.

Responsibilities

Job Overview: To enhance the company’s cash flow and minimize the risk of bad debts. The role is responsible for credit control function end to end, which includes proactively managing and collecting debts of on time debtors’ payments from company debtors. Ensuring both on time collection and maintenance of outstanding debts within agreed targets. Monthly claims management and analysis, by resolving claims with both internal and external customers. Reporting and customer relationship management is also a major requirement of this position.

• Capturing of payments and accurate reconciliation of debtor’s accounts
• Claims management - control and processing of all claims deducted by customer in form of transport claims, sallies, ensuring that ad hoc claims are processed by the sales admin team and that the stock related claims such as returns and damages is processed on time by the responsible unit.
• Master Data management – ensuring that the master data is 100% correct and compliant to the SOP. Also ensuring the safe and correct handling of debtor’s information, to be in line with the POPI act.
• Maintaining good customer relationships both internally and externally
• Ensuring that the approved credit terms and limits are not exceeded
• Bookkeeping – Ensuring accurate clearing of accounts, timeously submitting of statements to avoid nonpayment or late payments
• Reporting – 30, 60, 90, 120 days reporting and action plans. POD Control reporting, Price Discrepancy report, Cash Inflow and Settlement discount report
• Advising superiors of potential bad debts in order to take necessary action steps
• Inter department communication – Sales Admin, Sales, PFLS, etc.

Qualifications

• Computer skills incl SAP & BI
• Decision Making & Problem solving
• Knowledge of Financial & Management Accounting
• FMCG Industry knowledge
• Interpersonal & Relationship building Skills
• Persuasion, Influence and Negotiation skills
• Communication skills
• Good business acumen
• Attention to detail

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act