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Operations &Reporting Controller at PepsiCo Nigeria

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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