Coca-Cola South Africa Recruitment 2021/2022 And How To Apply

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton and was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Customers Finance Manager

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors

Experience: 6 – 8 Years

Location: Gauteng

City: Johannesburg

Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit

What You Will Be Doing

• Provides high-level analysis and delivery of customer-specific portfolio and marketing programs and actions within assigned customers and/or geography; assesses and delivers customer- or property-specific applications of global or regional programs for customers to maximize value; directs or manages specific programs or projects to achieve targeted customer and/or property objectives.
• Contributes to the development of short-term operational plans and strategies for Financial capabilities development; identifies and eliminates significantly complex barriers to success for portfolio profitability maximization in partnership with Key Accounts and Customers; develops and implements models that drive long-term profitability, sustainability and scalability. Manages within the new network organization by recommending medium-term planning for the customer landscape or geography
• Manages financial planning and analysis activities to identify risks and opportunities; contributes to the achievement of the organization’s financial goals; carries out economic feasibility studies for investments in new products; prepares reports and makes recommendations to senior management about the financial implications of proposed investments and transactions; maintains positive relationships with the networked financial community
• Perform financial analysis of projects related to Key Accounts clients, such as commercial agreements or new products, packages and SKU launches in a specific customer. Scope of work includes the tracking of P&L by customer and search for opportunities to leverage profitability.

Experience

• CA (SA) Accreditation is mandatory
• Experience working in FMCG’s
• 6 -8 years relevant experience in Finance Operations/and or Financial planning scenarios for portfolio management
• Proven record of delivering results and leadership in complex matrix organizations; able to work with multiple functions including Marketing, Customers, Operations, Commercial Planning and Finance in both the Company and Bottler
• Relevant experience on total Portfolio understanding, Consumer and/or Shopper financial-commercial implications, Category Management, Global-Regional-Local activation plans (innovation, portfolio execution, promotions, etc…)
• Bottler and/or Customer Development experience advantageous but not essential.

What We Can Do For You:

You will be part of the Africa Finance team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders that are inclusive orchestrators. Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, we will:

• Leverage our BOUNDERLESS NETWORK
• Make our CUTURE Code inevitable
• Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE

We are doing our best to create a seamless candidate experience for you as you apply for roles within the company. Due to the high volume of vacant positions, the recruitment process may take longer than usual and there may be a longer delay between application and interview. We appreciate your patience.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves.

We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

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Job Title: Legal Entity Controller

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors

Experience: 5 – 10 Years

Location: Gauteng

City: Johannesburg

Job Field: Law / Legal

What You Will Do For Us:

Accounting and Reporting

• Manage non-financial reporting to headquarters in Atlanta, including impairment surveys, third party guarantee reports, legal reserves etc.
• Review monthly computation of service fees.
• Prepare monthly legal entity Profit and Loss´ (P&Ls) and narratives and quarterly legal entity balance sheets and narratives.
• Co-ordinate the External Audit with EY, in terms of completion, review and sign-off of the Annual Financial Statements with LEC Lead, OU Finance Director, OU Legal Director and external auditors.
• Organize legal entity board meetings with input from Franchise Finance Manager and Franchise Legal Counsel including the preparation of board packs and accompanying PowerPoint presentations. Working with the company’s appointed external company secretarial service provider to ensure all local statutory requirements are met.
• Ensure items highlighted at monthly/quarterly Balance Sheet Risk and Opportunities meetings are addressed and acted upon within agreed timelines.
• Responsible for interacting as needed with other areas, i.e. Accounting Research, Corporate Treasury, Corporate Tax, Controllers Group, etc.
• Review Accountant in Charge Memoranda (AICs), Standard Practices and Procedures (SPPs), etc. that impact the Coca-Cola business to ensure that the financial statements are being properly reported.

Tax Planning, Mitigation and Compliance

• Proactively work with the OU functions to mitigate all tax risks and support Commercial Finance and Franchise teams in resolving indirect tax issues (excise, customs, VAT, income and PAYE) affecting the system.
• Review significant contracts, agreements and business processes for compliance and tax efficiency.
• Maintain tax tracker and engage the OU and Atlanta corporate tax department on all tax issues arising and progress in resolving them.
• Review of the monthly VAT, deferred tax and corporation tax computations and related journal vouchers for posting into the ledger and prepare/review monthly tax returns and follow up for timely filing with, payment to and reconciliation with e-filing returns as issued by the local Revenue Authority in South Africa.
• Approval of monthly/quarterly general ledger (GL) tax account reconciliations.
• In liaison with LEC Lead and Tax Manager, engage senior tax counsel, external tax advisers and tax authorities and coordinate responses to all tax audits and queries within timelines agreed with or demanded by tax authorities.
• Collaborate with Legal and Company secretarial service providers to ensure compliance with Companies’ Act and other local/secretarial requirements.
• Monthly/periodic review of tax authorities´ statement of accounts for all taxes to ensure payments are correctly allocated and receipt of refunds are confirmed by the revenue authorities.
• Proactively manage work assigned to external advisor to ensure that agreed timelines are met, and quality standards are adhered to within the approved budget.

Operational Control and Compliance

• Coordinate the quarterly Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) certification process with Franchise Finance Director, LEC Lead, Franchise Legal and Franchise General Manager.
• Work with Franchise Finance to ensure proper documentation, communication and implementation of all relevant Company policies and procedures.
• Support internal and external audit process conducted by the Corporate Audit Department and EY, respectively.

Interaction Points

• EY External Auditors – Audit planning, liaison, exchange of information, audit conclusion.
• Genpact team and other IS Process teams – exchange of information, reviews, problem solving
• Corporate Audit Department – Liaison, exchange of information, audit conclusion and management action points if applicable.
• Controllership team – Supervision, allocation of work and problem solving.
• Senior Tax Counsel / Accounting Research Manager / Treasury Services Managers – Problem solving and exchange of information.
• General Ledger Manager / Disbursements Manager / Treasury Supervisor / Accounts Payable Manager – Liaison, exchange of information.
• Franchise General Manager/Franchise Finance Manager/Franchise Legal Counsel – SEC Letter process
• Franchise operations (Legal, HR, Operations, etc.) – Problem solving and multi-functional projects.
• Suppliers / Tax Advisers / Auditors / Tax officials – Exchange of information.
• Bottling Investment Group (BIG) Equity Investment contacts and Equity Investees Finance Managers – Exchange of information.
• Controls and Compliance Manager – Liaison, exchange of information.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• University Degree preferably in Finance, Accounting or related and registered qualified professional Accountant (CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• 5-10 years’ experience in applied Accounting, preferably gained in a multinational environment.
• External Audit experience with Big 4 Audit Companies.
• Tax Planning and Compliance.
• Strategic Financial Consulting.
• Auditing, Risk Management and Internal Controls (e.g. SOX, Segregation of Duties, etc.).
• US GAAP, IFRS and local GAAP.
• Advanced SAP and Excel skills.
• Treasury appreciation.
• Analytical skills.
• Systems thinking.

Leadership Behaviors

• Drive Innovation
• Collaborate with System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
• Act Like an Owner
• Inspire Others
• Develop Self and Others

Growth Behaviors

• Curious
• Agile
• Empowered
• Inclusive

What We Can Do For You

This highlights the benefits of working at The Coca-Cola Company for this specific role –connecting the overall employer brand value to our purpose, culture and benefits.

• Exposure to colleagues in other part of Africa performing similar duties
• Part of a global Controllership team that interacts with varied teams within Platform Services.

Travel Requirements:

• 5% of travel required

We are doing our best to create a seamless candidate experience for you as you apply for roles within the company. Due to the high volume of vacant positions, the recruitment process may take longer than usual and there may be a longer delay between application and interview. We appreciate your patience.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves.

We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

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Job Title: Resource Allocation Manager – FMCG

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Higher National Certificate, National Certificate

Experience: 8 Years

Location: Gauteng

City: Johannesburg

Job Field: Administration / Secretarial, Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide and explain key business and performance metrics to system (KO and bottler) business leaders to allow proactive and timely investments decisions, including reallocations of funds
• Co-lead the implementation of best-in-class ROI tools and methodologies
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with budget-owners, mostly outside of finance, and align on the primary goal of maximizing investment returns
• Recommend alternatives for the Operating unit/Franchises to meet or exceed its BP and RE commitments, including adjustment of investment decisions based on business performance and returns.
• Coordinate with Platform Services to ensure proper investment allocation across category, brand and franchise operations so Operating Unit and Franchise Management can readily understand status of all spend (actual, committed, remaining).
• Coordinate with Platform Services to drive operating effectiveness within the OU by improving data, tools and processes
• Lead and coordinate the DMI ZBW process across the Operating Unit/Franchises, generating guidelines for DMI allocations at Franchise, Bottler and Customer level.
• Provide resource re-allocations recommendations across the OU and Franchises, as well as across categories and brands, always based on fact based financial data to support the investment decisions.
• Communicate to management business performance against specific KBIs.
• Lead and coordinate the DMI ZBW process across the OU and support the alignment of DMI investments with FUs and Bottling Partners.

Experience

• 8 years of finance experience, preferably Financial Planning, Budgeting or Commercial finance
• FMCG experience
• CA (SA) accreditation is mandatory

Functional Skills:

• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Strong knowledge of Coca-Cola investment policies and procedures
• Ability to work effectively in a networked organization
• General finance know-how
• Mastery of excel and other similar programs / tools

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves.

We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click Here To Apply

Job Title: Performance & Insights Manager, SAF

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors

Experience: 3 – 5 Years

Location: Gauteng

City: Johannesburg

Job Field: Data Science / Research, ICT / Computer

About Job

We’re seeking a Financial Analyst Consultant to join our Finance team.  You will oversee the financial planning, analysis, regulatory, tax and financial advice focused on our marketing and customer investments and productivity. We’re looking for a seasoned individual with a financial background. Take your career to the next level by joining the world’s largest beverage company and help drive our future success.

What You Will Do For Us

• Supports customer leadership in management of business strategic accounts, acquisition and negotiations, as well as assesses customer investments, deals and identifying opportunities for existing and potential customers, programs and outlining strategic plans.
• Reviews and assesses customer related contract commitments, terms and conditions of new customer agreements, understands implications, trade-offs and provides contractual recommendations.
• Understands the impact of long-term shifts between channels, implications of investments and ensures contingencies in place to address threats and acceleration to capture opportunities.
• Customizes Group System Financial Guidelines and ensures guidelines are applied for all business units across regions and ensures process improvement and standardizations.
• Develops valuation models based on research of value drivers, economic environment of country, cost structures, pricing standards, prospects, and market information.
• Develops an in-depth understanding of the system revenue performance of the business unit and drives for automation. Leading the digitizing of our finance workflows and processes and owning the design and deployment of multi-dimensional models that leverage a data framework representing single sources of truth across multiple use cases.
• Provides volume forecast recommendation to the leadership team and provides analysis to support business activities in other areas.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Business; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 3 years of experience in Forecasting, Data Modeling and Visualization, Automation, and Business Analytics
• 5+ years in finance, business planning, and/or forecasting preferred
• Experience preferred with designing, modeling and deploying multi-dimensional systems (e.g. Anaplan, Cognos, Tableau, Hyperion, Business Objects, TM1, etc.)
• Experience in Agile Methodology preferred and working with large data sets is needed
• Experience leveraging skills in project management; change management; process development/improvement; and strong negotiation and collaboration is needed
• Understanding of mathematical, optimization and computational concepts behind analytics algorithms
• Experience with data management methods, analytics deployment and orchestration tools, database and visualization tools for customer facing applications is needed
• Experience synthesizing large, complex data sets from various sources and building machine learning models, data science methods, and analytics is needed
• Must possess exceptional communication skills (story telling) evidenced by good verbal/written presentation ability.

What We Can Do For You

• Agile & Innovative Software Platforms: Each day we are working to improve efficiency and reporting using top tier platforms which include Alteryx, Power BI, & Tableau.
• Collaborative Culture: We work cross-functionally, across business units to ensure you’ve got the tools, resources and thought-leadership to create the most comprehensive financial business modules, which enables us to make sound business decisions.
• Global Reach: We have the most advanced financial modeling that allows for global financial analysis which leads the industry.

Skills:

Leadership; Local Business Development; Business Performance; Communication; Business Analytics; Problem Solving; Change Management; Business Decisions; Project Management; Agile Methodologies; Data Modeling; Financial Forecasting

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves.

We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve.

We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click Here To Apply

Job Title: South Africa PACS Director

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors

Experience: 15 Years

Location: Gauteng

City: Johannesburg

Job Field: Administration / Secretarial, Project Management

Key Working Parameters

1. Provides leadership of all public affairs, government relations, strategic communications and sustainability related programs and initiatives within South Africa
2. Reports to OU PACS VP, and acts as a first point of contact for other franchise LT members providing advice to identify, access and manage risks and opportunities that may impact the business performance or Company reputation in the South Africa Franchise.
3. Ensures cross-functional and system-wide alignment to optimize the use of resources and maximize the impact of public affairs, government relations, communications and sustainability plans.
4. Partners with Marketing to ensure instinctive collaboration, ensuring PACS integration into Brand and Innovation strategy and processes. In addition, this role is the key relationship holder to the Franchise Marketing leader to ensure PACS perspective in relevant execution and activation processes
5. Strives to build one PACS system team with a robust and multi-skilled talent pipeline and succession plans. Acts as key interface for planning and coherent activities to the respective bottling partners in the South Africa Franchise
6. Through the country/cluster teams:

• Monitors regional NGO’s, activists, and political developments to identify trends with implications to the business. Engages with and builds coalitions with regional and local government and non-government stakeholders to advocate for or against and advance policies and programming that support our business goals in collaboration with our Public Policy, Sustainability and Strategic Communication teams
• Identifies and monitors regional and local divergent stakeholders to understand their priorities and develop a strategic plan for engagement. Engages with convergent stakeholders to strengthen our impact and deliver value to the business.

7. Accountable for the implementation of Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability strategies and key priorities across the zones.
8. Accountable to co-ordinate a robust planning process in the markets comprising the Franchise and partner with the Planning Director of the OU during our planning process
9. Acts as a manager to 2 direct reports in the Franchise

Key Success Parameters

Experience

At least 15 years of relevant experience, ideally in senior roles with responsibility for public affairs, government relations, communications, stakeholder management and sustainability. Proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams and collaboration with Marketing teams. Experience of working internationally or in multicultural teams is advantageous.

Work Focus

Ability to analyze complex business and regulatory issues, manage divergent stakeholders and bring together multiple concepts across functions to define the long-term public affairs, government relations, communications and sustainability strategy for the business.

Communication Focus

The role leads communication on a regular basis with key internal and/or external parties, and has the responsibility for sharing information, influencing and negotiating with key parties and stakeholders with both shared and opposing interests.

Key Knowledge Requirements

Please populate the below with 5 functional skills required for success in the job

Mastery of (Required)

Broad expertise in (Good To Have)

1. Public policy & government relations
2. Business & financial acumen
3. Stakeholder management
4. NGO engagement
5. Corporate communications
6. Brand communications
7. Incident mgmt. & crisis resolution
8. Public service
9. Sustainability
10. Media relations

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve.

We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click Here To Apply

Application Deadline: Not Specified

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