INTERCOMPANY CONTROLLER

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 the Intercompany Controller is to support the strategic oversight and take ownership of the Africa Zone Intercompany related activities and the full end-to-end accounting of the Intercompany transactions, across all twelve (12) markets in Africa, (14) Global  and  (8) SA entities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Managing the health of all Intercompany balance sheet accounts in terms of ageing, validity of transactions within the account, debit transactions in credit accounts and vice versa
• Identify risks, respective route causes and identify gap-closing action plans for all Intercompany processes
• Review intercompany reconciliations and drive down mismatches
• Engagement with all functions within the business to provide a detailed review of the Intercompany process
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles internally in line with global policies and externally with regards to Financial Reporting Standards
• Ensuring adherence and proper documentation for MICS and SOX Controls and SLAs, to satisfy audit and statutory requirements
• Adhere to Internal Control protocols and co-ordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Support the business on strategic projects by ensuring correct accounting records are set up through systems
• Drive down Payables and Receivables, as well as FX impact and close open queries across the markets.
• Ensures the provision of accurate, on-time financial reporting to the business to support decision making
• Makes sure that the team works efficiently, is customer-centric and delivers on business expectations
• Ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, records or processes associated with services provided
• Providing ongoing financial accounting technical and business support to the Zone for all underlying accounting process in the tower
• Guide the team in identifying process improvements, excellence and process automation and efficiency opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with technology to leverage system
• Adhere to weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLAs and KPIs.
• Present month-end reporting to stakeholders in line with their expectations
• Understanding of Exchange Control Legislation and Company Requirements

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability to generate team cooperation while building and leading diverse teams
• Strong interpersonal/business skills and time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and priorities workload effectively
• Ability to be flexible with position duties and scope of work
• Driving change and demonstrating resilience
• Implementing and achieving business results through other people
• Strong Intercompany and Source-to-Pay process knowledge
• Analytical approach/good problem-solving skills
• Thinking conceptually and strategically, while maintaining a cost-conscious and practical approach to using time and resources.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Post Graduate finance qualification and a minimum of  5 years relative experience
• Business knowledge and commercial acumen
• Knowledge of imports and exports and Transfer Pricing preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
• Computer skills (MS Office - Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) with particularly strong Excel skills
• Knowledge of SAP, Syspro, Financial Close and Consolidation System, COGNOS System, Power BI preferred
• Understanding of:
• Agile, Agile WOW and Systems
• Organisational Skills
• Planning, focus and discipline
• Aligning strategic and operational needs