Reporting Manager at The Heineken Company

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the transactional reporting of the organisation is executed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Develop and maintain best practice processes within the team to meet objectives.
• Define the correct treatment per IFRS and Global Accounting guidelines.
• Advise on the Accounting Process to be followed. GL accounts to be used, trading partner compliance and movement type compliance.
• Monitor the adherence to the set policy and process.
• Explore and drive continuous improvements within the department.
• Supporting the Manager: Record to Report with the wider Global Accounting and Reporting requirements
• Manage the Intercompany process within the Group
• Establish policy and procedures in compliance with Global guidelines (HeiMatch)
• Establish monitoring and reconciliation processes and reports
• Monitor compliance with set policy and procedures
• Manage the dispute process
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage the Relationship between the central shared service (this role) and the key customers within the wider Group.

Education & Experience:

• Formal Education
• Minimum requirement of CA(SA) accreditation and has completed articles at major auditing firm.
• Managerial experience
• Project management experience would be advantageous
• Fully computer literate in SAP and MS Office (advanced Excel skills)
• Good communication skills, both verbally and written
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Must be innovative and self-driven
• Attention to detail and analytical abilities are essential
• Demonstrates proficiency in the following Functional competencies
• Customer service - Understand how personal performance contributes to customer satisfaction/expectation.
• Financial and Accounting reporting - Good working knowledge of financial principles and the ability to apply and interpret data
• Management Information Systems - Knowledge of various management information systems and sources. The ability to access this information and to apply and interpret management information in decision-making
• Talent management - Intermediate understanding of how to apply talent principles in a diverse environment
• Commercial fluency - Leads and applies commercial principles and procedures to drive business value and regular corrective actions
• Demonstrates proficiency in the following Behavioural competencies:
• Commercial Acumen - Balance long and short-term business value generation through the regular application of integrated commercial principles across the board in order to take ownership and drive course corrective actions with rigour
• Personal effectiveness & excellence – Display an iterative learning mentality.  Actively seeks out opportunities to learn and develop, and promotes learning and development in others
• Resilience - Remains determined despite frequent obstacles. Possess high levels of EQ
• Creative - The ability to use imagination and new ideas to produce solutions
• Entrepreneurial – The ability to think ahead to spot or create opportunities and maximize them
• Builds collaborative relationship and networks – People and relationship building centric. Develops internal/external relationships with an Organisation focus, to resolve both short-term issues and advance longer-term projects/work
• Engagement skills - Communicates persuasively and confidently to influence and negotiate positive outcomes.
• Leading change – Involves, supports and motivates others in finding improved ways of working. Manages change projects. This includes the ability to inspire and motivate the team towards a common vision and to challenge the status quo and drive change in the business environment
• Leads a team of individuals through agile ways of working and enable the best business outcome through integration of best skills for the job and flexible work package assignments
• Challenging - The ability to challenge the status quo and drive change in a business environment

Responsible & Accountable

• The ability to work in a way that considers its impact on other people, organisational goals and the wider environment.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience as a lead with the financial reporting function
• Managerial experience – team size up to 5
• Fully computer literate in SAP and MS Office (advanced Excel skills)
• Experience in financial reporting software packages, SAP BPC and Wdesk will be beneficial