About South African Breweries (SAB)

South African Breweries (SAB) is the largest brewer in South Africa and a major business division of the global beverage giant, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). Founded in 1895 during the Johannesburg gold rush, it has a long history as a key player in the country’s economy and is known for its wide portfolio of popular beer brands.

Job Purpose

The key purpose of this role is for the GA and Reporting are responsible for maintaining the B/S (custodians). Involves any transaction posted in the balance sheet from financial accounting perspective. This position performs activities related to journal processing, reconciliations, management of SAP open items and general accounting administration. The core function is to manage the opening and closing of the General Ledger (GL) for different posting periods, entities and modules.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Efficient and accurate adherence to the closing calendar to perform the general ledger close activities as required by the business.
• Adherence to General Ledger closure deadlines in accordance with management requirements.
• Preparation of monthly and annual General Accounting activities.
• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Commentary.
• Administer and timeously clear all open items in SAP to ensure a healthy ageing status.
• Assist the team to meet weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLA’s and KPI’s.
• Maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Present and implement corrective action and preventive action for recurring process related issues.
• Perform Root causes analysis for recurring or high severity issues resulting in issue reduction.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with the SAP team to leverage system functionalities to improve the process.
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required to internal and external audit.
• Present to the Team Lead key challenges, insights, and workarounds.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in FMCG environment, prior related position experience required.
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, financial systems etc.
• End to end SAP experience.