BU VIC Price PPM at International Breweries

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

The key accountabilities for this role include but are not restricted to:

• Price Variance reporting for the BU
• Price variance problem solving
• Price variance savings initiatives support
• Procurement VIC accruals processing and reversals management
• Monitor & track one offs
• Supplier recon facilitation. Confirming FX & commodity rates as well as reasonability for hidden FX & commodity exposure
• Weekly & Monthly review of PV reasonability and own directive on corrective actions
• Monthly price variance interrogation and commentary with CPM/CatMan
• Price reconciliation for COGNOS builds up for VIC price
• Finished good FX & excise population into CTRM
• Finished goods end to end management
• WAPT & Payables alignment support
• MAP report population
• Preclosing routines to ensure month end in line with expectation

CTRM: volume accuracy and Validation

• Manage forecast accuracy of consumption volume with planning.
• Maintaining & sense check correct conversion factors between material & commodity
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual commodity volume into CTRM
• Manage accuracy of forecast quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of forecast commodity volume into CTRM

FX exposure population & management for the BU

• Responsible for accuracy of FX exposure in FX currency and timing
• Responsible for FX review with treasury

Mark up: BU markup validation and accuracy

• Liaising with control & MUBEX on differences and matching
• Support in reconciliation on Mark up between what has been generated by ERP and what has been posted by Mubex

Annual

• Bottom-up budget load into ERP
• Bottom-up Budget support on accuracy interrogation and adherence to 1YP
• LE volumes, historic prices. UoM alignment in BU tool
• Bottom-up timeline management
• Bottom-up/top-down reconciliation for plug analysis and allocation and 1YP target accuracy
• Comm/NC split correct by plant by material

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Knowledge of Financial Reporting
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices
• Project management, problem assessment and solving skills
• Working in an ERP environment
• Working in a process-oriented organization
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP R/3 Module FI/CO, SAP BW

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e., accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar
• MBA / CIMA / CA (SA) would be advantageous
• 3+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience Product Costing