Financial Analyst Holding Companies at AB InBev

Key Purpose Statement

• The key purpose of this role is to perform end to end daily activities related to Africa Corporate Entities and processing of information to ensure that the Business Service Centre operational excellence and customer service objectives are achieved. The role ensures accurate processing of financial transactions, reporting and appropriate governance of all elements contained on the balance sheet, Income Statement and plus all processes housed in working capital. Financial transactions performed across various systems, including SAP, Oracle FCCS, and Blackline.

Key Output And Responsibilities

• Prepare end to end Account to Report processes including financial month end and year-end; General Ledger Close, General Accounting, Journals
• other financial information for internal and external reporting or tax accounting purposes.
• Responsible for accounting for various transactions including, but not limited to, royalties; dividends; interest; intercompany chargeback requests.
• Prepare and execute intercompany billings, payments, netting, cash application, accrual entries, adjustments and correction entries as needed
• Perform account and analysis and reconciliations of Income Statement and Balance sheet
• Prepare FCCS adjustment journals and ensure the information for the financial statement is accurate in the various systems used by the business.
• Responsible for the accurate instruction of banking transactions, ensuring that payment information is up to date.
• Perform maintenance of the bank account in the accounting system, including the allocation of banking transactions as required.
• Review Trial balance for FCCS upload and Cognos reporting with review and investigation of reconciling mismatches.
• Perform month end revaluation for foreign balances.
• Review intercompany charges for completeness and integrity to the process
• Provide customer support and respond to requests and accounting-related inquires and investigations.
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles internally in line with global policies and
• externally with regards to financial reporting standards
• Investigate and resolve reconciling intercompany mismatches, provide commentary and follow up and clear aged items
• Drive the reduction and resolution of reconciling difference on FCCS and Cognos
• Prepare, maintain and archive documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements including MICS and Sox controls
• Ensure adherence to MICS and SOX, accounting methods, policies and principles internally, in line with global policies, statutory requirements and externally with regards to financial reporting standards and provide information as required for internal and external audit.
• Primary contact for queries from Global control and Zone control team. Liaise with internal and external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and provide ongoing financial accounting technical & business support to the zone.
• Prepare and present month end reporting packs to stakeholders in line with their expectations
• Assist team to meet weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLA’s and KPI’s.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling intercompany differences on FCCS and Cognos
• Provides customer support and responds to requests and accounting-related inquiries for intercompany processes
• Assist the Team Lead to identify key challenges, continuous process improvements, excellence and process efficiency opportunities and automation to improve the way we operate and work
• Maximize efficiency and effectiveness of process area, as the Subject Matter Expert for the process.
• Maintenance of role training documentation. Assisting in knowledge transfer to new employees within the role. Assistant train users in completion of relevant processes.
• Perform Ad hoc requests and projects

Profile

• Degree in accounting or related field
• Minimum of 3 -5 years prior related position experience in financial accounting required
• Competency in Computer skills (MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI), with particularly strong Excel skills
• Knowledge of Financial Systems, SAP, FCCS (Financial Close and Consolidation System, COGNOS system)
• Comprehensive and up to date knowledge of IFRS will be an advantage
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively.
• Strong knowledge of intercompany processes
• Ability to build productive working relationships – internally and externally.
• Strong interpersonal/ business skills and time management skills and the ability to generate team cooperation
• This role requires good communication skills both orally and in writing and require coordination with multiple teams and stakeholder management
• Ability to generate team cooperation, is customer centric and delivers on business expectations
• Analytical approach/Excellent problem-solving skills, planning and organizing.
• Uphold confidentiality, high levels of integrity and honesty on availability of information, records or processes associated with services provided
• Ability to be flexible with duties and scope of work. Ability to adopt to change
• Strong intercompany Business knowledge and commercial acumen. Expert technical/ accounting base
• Strong self-management qualities. Ability to work under pressure
• Understanding of the Agile Methodology and Ways of Working
• Demonstrate initiative and appropriate levels of assertiveness. Good negotiation skills