Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia
Job Title: Financial Accountant – Treasury
Function: Finance
Company: Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia
Job Description
This position will be responsible for providing an integrated and optimal Balance Sheet, Ownership of the capital process: forecasting, adjustments & administration of executions. Providing high quality, efficient and optimal function for the processing of transactional activities within the financial accounting function. The incumbent will also be responsible for Management of Tax function per CCBA strategic objectives, providing deep financial expertise and knowledge across the financial accounting accountabilities (i.e. Assets, PTP, Accounts Payable) and ensuring the function is optimally resourced, with capable and motivated people supplying bench strength
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Providing Strategic leadership and ownership of the integration of the Financial Accounting function,
- including processes, systems and tools. Working with the Financial Development Manager for this
- delivery
- Balance Sheet & asset accounting, including budgeting and forecasting;
- Plan and manage the annual and 3-year budgeting process for the Balance sheet and Capital Investment.
- Done in partnership with group office and per the timelines.
- Plan and manage the balance sheet commentary and reporting process.
- Provide insightful, timeous financial reporting
- Cash Flow management
- Overall process management of approved capital investments
- Review and control of balance sheet reconciliation process.
- Custodianship of the fixed asset governance process as agreed with the Governance and Risk Manager
- Mange and plan fixed asset verification and reconciliation
- Oversee completion of the financial hard close reporting requirements
- Specialist activities:
- Deliver the Working Capital objectives
- Manage and deliver internal control systems
- Relevant financial and taxation legislation compliance
- Ensure CCBA Treasury mandates and strategies are executed and complied with
- Manage the Import and Export process, including complete compliance and timely execution of
- legislative requirements
- Manage the performance of outsourced service provider(s) performing activities for the financial accounting function
- Ensuring a continuous improvement mind set throughout the business
Skills, Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
- Full CA/ACCA/ZICA / CIMA with 3 – 5 years relevant financial experience (FMCG experience will be an added advantage)
- Experience managing policies and the chart of accounts
- SAP/MSD (or similar) experience
- Strong knowledge on statutory requirements
- Foster and cultivate business opportunities and partnerships
- Exceptional accounting and reporting skills
- Attention to detail
- Goal-orientated and committed to delivering quality outputs
- Good self-management practices and able to work well in a team
- Ability to work with people at various levels of the business
- Excellent verbal / analytical reasoning ability and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise, manage complexity and deal with multiple stakeholders