Finance Manager - Britos Bakery

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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

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Financial Manager: Britos Bakery who will joing our team. The successful incumbent will supervise the accounting function of the unit. Responsible for the maintenance of accounting and financial practises / policies. Liaises with uni in preparation of budgets and financial reports. Other functions include, internal audits, training, master data maintenance, financial process control, and authorisation control.

Accountabilities:

Reporting and analysis including periodic reporting, periodic forecast analysis and deck preparation.

Supporting strategic plan and AOP development, including deck analysis and deck preparation.

Manage working capital and plan, co-ordinate and compile monthly reports.

Assisting a broad range of senior leaders in actuals vs plan/forecast and analysis.

Develop unit financial procedures and train employees on financial systems, policies and procedures.

Manage internal financial authorizations, systems and audits.

Manage own team.

Provide ad-hoc projects and analysis as requested.

Support the Bakery Team to manage budgets in an effective and efficient manner.

Driving and ensuring compliance with PepsiCo Global standards and policies.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

University degree, with Professional accounting qualification recommended

Previous Experience:

Experienced accounting background

Knowledge of food industry/baking/beverage business or comparable FMCG/retail businesses

Experience of PepsiCo Reporting, Planning and Control processes

Advance Computer literacy - MS Office (Word;Excel;Powerpoint) & SAP

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