Job Description

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Immediate Superior: Management Reporting Manager
Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Function: Finance
Sub Function: Accounting & Reporting
Type of Contract: Permanent
Reference Number: 140362
Closing Date: 15/07/2025
Purpose of the Job:
To support Heineken Beverages' financial performance by producing accurate, insightful, and timely financial and management reports.
This role ensures integrity across reporting platforms, contributes to statutory reporting processes, and provides meaningful analysis to senior leadership for decision-making.
It plays a key part in data/system governance, cross-departmental collaboration, and process improvement, helping to build trust in the finance function across the business
Key Responsibilities:
Management and Financial Reporting

• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial results used in strategic decision-making
• Deliver consistent, high-quality financial and management reporting across:

• South Africa
• International
• Combined South Africa & International
• NBL
• Heineken Beverages Group
• Maintain and reconcile key reporting models and ensure alignment with:

• SAP/BIP/BPC
• CIL reports
• Other relevant internal platforms
• Reconcile results between different reporting systems and ensure completeness and consistency
• Support CIL reporting and provide control oversight where required

Month-End and Reporting Cadence

• Proactive planning and stakeholder communication
• Consistent and punctual delivery of all outputs (in full, on time, to the required quality)
• Suggesting and implementing improvements to reporting workbooks and platforms
• Maintain high levels of urgency and attention to detail throughout the reporting cycle
• Prepare group-level monthly journals, including supporting calculations and analysis

Key Reporting Deliverables
Responsible for compiling and/or contributing to:

• Flash reporting
• Business Performance Reviews (BPR)
• Heineken Beverages Board and SA Board reports
• Internal Management Team (MT) and Leadership Forum, reporting at varying levels
• Remgro reporting (secretarial and financial departments)
• Ad hoc reporting as requested by stakeholders

Analysis and Insight Generation

• Conduct analytical reviews of performance, identifying root causes and opportunities
• Collaborate across departments to gather inputs and align on key messages and reasons for performance
• Recommend and follow through on changes based on insights gathered
• Support ad hoc investigations and special projects

Systems, Controls and Automation

• Support system control checks and validation processes
• Assist in the development and enhancement of automated governance and control processes
• Participate in the design and testing of new reports and reporting dashboards
• Identify improvement areas and drive automation initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency

Statutory Reporting Support

• Ensure deadlines for interim and year-end statutory reporting are met
• Assist with ad hoc statutory requests, including:

• IFRS-based queries
• Headline earnings and EBITDA calculations
• Reconciliations between statutory and management reporting
• Maintain accuracy and consistency between statutory and other reporting platforms

Collaboration and Customer Service

• Build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Provide excellent customer service in responding to queries and information requests
• Contribute to a collaborative, solutions-driven team culture

Continuous Improvement

• Support ongoing development of reporting processes, templates, and governance
• Drive quality and efficiency through improvements and standardisation
• Use time post-deliverables efficiently to work on reporting enhancements or analytical tools

Job Requirements:
Education:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant CA(SA)

Experience & Attributes:
Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years post-articles experience in a financial reporting or analytics role
• Strong experience with Microsoft Excel is essential
• Knowledge of SAP, SAP BW/BI, SAP BPC, and Analysis for Office is highly advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and/or multinational organisations

Attributes:

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy is crucial
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Deadline-driven with a strong sense of urgency
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take accountability
• Comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple deadlines
• Effective communicator - able to influence and engage stakeholders with confidence
• Collaborative, people-oriented mindset with relationship-building skills
• Continuous learning mindset - seeks out opportunities to grow and develop
• Creative problem-solver and process improver
• Resilient and emotionally intelligent
• Punctual and precise
• Identifies opportunities and proactively drives them forward
• Storytelling ability - can turn data into clear, compelling narratives for decision-makers

The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.