Responsibilities

Accountabilties:

Financial Reporting:
* Adherence to closing agenda timeline
* Prepare the monthly inventory physical count procedures across all locations
* Follow-up with plant controllers to resolve all issues that may rise during the count process
* Ensure that the count is performed according to Pepsico's policies and procedures
* Communicate/analyze physical count results and provide justification to management regarding the count differences
* Get the approval of management as per the SOA on the count differences and reflect such differences on SAP
* Prepare the inventory reserve analysis, secure needed approvals and ensure proper recording. This reserve analysis consists of; Finished goods, Raw Materials & Spare Parts.
* Monitor the inventory in transit between all locations and warehouses. Investigate for any abnormal activities in the transit areas
* Check the unit price per category in B/S vs. COGs
* Update the FG auxiliary report with the PBI variance capitalization manual entry (Snacks)
* Check the ending balances on Inventory GL accounts are reconciled with the Auxiliary reports for each inventory category
* Ensures no negative inventory stocks at month-end
* Update the supplier allocation sheet: R&P ending stock from auxiliary report, receipts from MB51, PO price/unit t-code ME2N
* Monthly tracking for breakage, damaged products and expired products by; (Snacks) :DC ,Price point, SKU
* Write-off process
* Responsible for the write off process across all locations
* Prepares the write off analysis and secure the needed approvals
Performance Management reviews
* Conduct Monthly and Quarterly detailed Balance Sheet review for all Inventory accounts together with the necessary aging and COC
* Highlight of any balance sheet risks to management
* Prepares monthly inventory deck comparing actual vs. previous month and last year
* Issue monthly Operations Deck
Audit & Compliance
* Support both external and internal audit on costing related requests
* Ensure business compliance with Statutory, Legal and Taxation requirements, PepsiCo corporate and local business policies & procedures, and ethical business practices
* Partner with BPO (Business process Owner) and CO (Control Owner) in GCS and Fraud risk assessment, monitoring self testing and remediation of failures
* Update GCS MIM process
* Ensure timely closure of; Internal audit remediation and track progress & BAIC issues
* Ensure adherence of SoA as per approved local policies and enforce execution
* Ensure timely GCS testing (Quarterly)
* Perform sudden visits to all warehouses to perform sudden counts
Business Partnership:
* Review all SC contracts and evaluate costs
* Attend S&OP meetings and engage to enhance MRP process
Planning and Forecasting
* Partner with Supply chain and planning finance to develop and track financial matrics and validate assumption for productivity projects to ensure tangible savings are delivered to P&L
* Partner with Planning Finance to ensure working capital forecast accuracy and improvements through Inventory (DII) and Cash Flows Analysis
Special Projects
* Identify scope for process improvements and interventions from time to time to achieve process simplification / better controls / process standardization / accounting / outsourcing
* Lead & partner with BIS to implement system enhancements of COGS and inventory management areas

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or any relevant discipline.


• From ‎0 - ‎1 year of experience in similar role


• English Language Proficiency is a must


• Excellent Analytical skills


• Excellent Communication skills