Control and Reporting Senior Analyst - Cairo Business Services

The Finance Control Lead will be responsible for the effective operation and monitoring of all key financial processes executed within the Cairo Business Services (i.e. financial and management reporting, Procurement to Pay, Intercompany legal entity invoicing and settlement, AMENA intercompany eliminations), oversight of all outsourced financial activity leveraged by the CBS (payroll, IBM transactional processing) and overseeing the financial close process. In addition the role will be responsible for driving the Global Control Standard agenda across all functions operating within the hub. The Control Lead role will need to collaborate with the FP&A team to ensure financial and management reporting processes work seamlessly to produce accurate timely internal and Corporate financial information

Responsibilities

Lead overall Financial reporting process for the CBS including; PepsiCo Internal Reporting,, statutory reporting and, Tax compliance,

Assist CFI Controller on audit support and statutory reporting.

Oversee the CBS intercompany invoicing, settlement and elimination process - including but not limited to oversight of pricing and markup process, cash settlement process, and true up process

Set the Global Control Standard (GCS) strategy for the CBS, drive the GCS deployment, proportional ownership model and actively manage progress against the strategy and targets

Support CBS capex process - ownership of the accounting components of the capex

Own overall financial governance processes – Balance Sheet Review, allocation processes, representation letter process to internal customers

Partner with CFI Treasury to manage cash management

Engage with CFI functions as needed regarding and financial reporting or control processes

Partner with Oustide Sesrvice Providers (OSPs) for transactional (IBM) and Payroll (Allsec) support and SLA compliance.

Work with Egypt Control Group, GFSS, GBS global finance lead, the EBS finance lead, Global IT Control & FPA leads and other global functions to define and implement reporting calendars, internal reporting processes, GL set up, integration of financial managed service providers and HFM reporting

Drive setup of the GL solution and HFM entity, integration of financial OSP (e.g. payroll) and support rollout and integration of the Hubs project system

Act as a leader for the dedicated Control team (3 analysts), including recruiting, developing, and retaining a highly skilled and engaged workforce capable of delivering accurate, timely financial results while maintain and effective GSC environment across all functions

Qualifications

Strong financial Control and Reporting background working in a global environment

Strong understanding of the PepsiCo Global Control Standard (GCS) or equivalent

Strong understanding of US GAAP and a medium level of technical accounting understanding

8+ years of financial reporting and control experience with accounting designation (e.g. CA, CPA)

Experience working with government regulatory entities to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements

Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with multi-functional teams in a global virtual environment

Strong understanding and aptitude for financials technologies (SAP, Bots, Data Analytics, etc.)

Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in both Arabic and English language

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