Operations & Reporting Controller at PepsiCo Nigeria
PepsiCo - In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo. Our company is made up of seven divisions: PepsiCo Beverages North America; Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand and China. Each of these divisions has its own unique history and way of doing business.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Operations & Reporting Controller
Req ID: 347633
Location: Oregun, Lagos
Overview
- The Ops & Reporting Manager will manage Nigeria MU’s Control scope (Reporting on HFM, Marketing sales curve, Distributors claims & payments follow ups, review monthly rebates, manage all the accruals across all the entities, prepare the monthly Flash files & balance sheet schedules, prepare Operating cash flow on monthly basis, prepare A&M monthly submission, prepare the annual credit limits per distributor, prepare the monthly amortization true ups.
- The role will engage and interact with process stakeholders of Nigeria MU, SA Reporting & Control Team with different levels – including L6 to LG1 executives as well as manage relationships and interactions with internal and external auditors.
Responsibilities
Reporting and Internal Control:
- Lead overall Financial Reporting process for Nigeria MU including PepsiCo Internal Reporting.
- Ensure adherence on GCS/SOX controls over financial reporting & Fixed Assets, wherever responsible
- Own overall financial governance processes – Balance Sheet Review, allocation processes
- Process Risk Assessment: Flowcharts, key controls for Reporting & Fixed Assets Cycles
- YE Stock counts: Engagements & Coordination
- Submit various monthly / quarterly / annual / ad-hoc reporting related deliverables.
- Act as the first point of contact for all technical accounting related matters of Nigeria Snacks
- Prepare monthly P&L for both the companies
- Lead Nigeria MU external audit contact, driving coordination, execution and timely completion of statutory audits and managing relationships and interactions with the auditors
Operating Finance:
- Process Risk Assessment: Flowcharts, key controls.
- Prepare annual credit limits.
- Approval of credit limits.
- Submit Revenue Recognition template.
- Approve Pre-Spend as per SOA.
- Approve re-allocation between A&M budget lines as per SOA.
- Reconcile A&M budget with Planning regularly.
- Review & approve JV bookings.
- Upload Budget on Skelta.
- Skelta - SAP Reconciliation.
- Review Accruals' supporting documents.
- Prepare Pre & Post Close Submissions.
- Prepare A15 & A28 Annual Submission.
- Prepare Monthly Bookings (Rebates).
- Accruals booking approvals.
- FIFO approvals.
- Approve JV bookings.
- Insurance review & processing
- Oversight YE Accruals process.
- Manage YE accruals settlement and FIFO bookings.
- Prepare Critical & Non critical Reconciliation on a monthly basis.
- Prepare Amortization True-ups.
- Review Monthly Bookings (Rebates).
- Prepare A&M W/NW Monthly Submission.
Qualifications
- 6 - 8 years post qualification experience in Reporting/Control/Audit
- 3 years’ minimum experience as a Reporting/Financial Analytics or similar, preferably in a FMCG environment.
- Advance knowledge of MS Office
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of SAP
- Budgeting and financial interpretation skills
- Audit – IFRS & US GAAP knowledge
- Effective communication and organisational skills.
- Chartered Accountant with excellence in accounting academically
- Mastery of PepsiCo Financial Reporting Processes and requirements
- Demonstrates high integrity in financial controller management and the flexibility needed to work effectively
How to Apply
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