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?
The Key Purpose of this role is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, efficient and conscientious individual with strong financial and communication skills, who is a team player and enjoys working within a fast-paced environment. Driving efficiencies in the team. Identify opportunities for reporting automation Identify key controls to be implemented / adhered to in the ZBB team Drive a customer focused mind set in the team.
Key roles and responsibilities
- Monthly/Annual responsibilities includes, but are not limited to:
- Budgeting for ZBB across the Zone/SA
- Communicate annual plan calendar and milestones to finance teams
- Providing accurate ZBB requirements by package
- Provide the facts and figures for all relevant budget calculations
- Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget
- Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates and timelines
- Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (SAP, Anaplan)
- Completion of bottom-up budget process
Monthly Actuals (reporting/analysis/review)
- Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course correct where possible
- Report month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
- Prepare monthly standard decks
- Attend monthly meetings
- Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
- Drive process for LE reporting such as obtaining information from stakeholders, consolidation & submission
- Identify risks, respective root causes and create gap closing action plans
Champions
- Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated monthly
- Align Champions and R&O outlook
Adhoc
- Support finance teams across the Zone/SA when required
Minimum Requirements
- BCom, CIMA / CA (SA) or progress towards (preferred)
- High sense for accuracy and analysis
- Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, Powerpoint , etc ), with particularly strong Excel skills
- Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP
- Anaplan knowledge advantage
- Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver
- Used to working with deadlines
- Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
- Highly analytical
- Working in a multi cultural environment
- High level of service mindset
- Coordination skills
- Communicative, team oriented and open for change
- Basic business sense
- Highly results focused
- Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
- Presentation skills
- Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively
Additional information
- Band VIII
Key contacts:
- Regular interaction with all financial departments esp.:
- S&D PPM Finance Managers
- RLM’s & Depot Managers
- Sales Managers
- Regional Marketing Managers etc.
Business environment: Quick changing environment
SAB/ ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev 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. In accordance with South African Breweries Pty (ltd) duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is safe for of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the
community at large from infectious diseases that may be reduced by vaccinations, we require all new appointments to be vaccinated as a condition of employment at our company