Intercompany Analyst | SAB Vacancies

SAB Vacancies – Intercompany Analyst

The Intercompany Analyst role presents an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual eager to gain exposure in end-to-end Intercompany processes across Africa Zone and Globally.

Key Purpose Statement:

The primary objective of this role is to oversee the daily activities related to Africa Zone and Global processing, ensuring operational excellence and customer service objectives of the Business Service Centre are met. This entails accurate processing of financial transactions, reporting, and governance across various systems including SAP, Oracle FCCS, and Cognos.

Output and Accountabilities:

• Preparation of intercompany chargeback requests.
• Execution of intercompany billings, payments, netting, cash application, accrual entries, adjustments, and correction entries.
• Compilation of intercompany reconciliations and account analysis, providing detailed transactions to non-finance teams.
• Preparation and upload of intercompany-related journals, including accruals, recharges, and invoice creation.
• Investigation and resolution of reconciling items to clear mismatches and aged items.
• Reviewing intercompany charges for completeness and integrity, presenting corrective and preventative actions for recurring issues.
• Participation in weekly and monthly target meetings, ensuring adherence to relevant SLAs and KPIs.
• Involvement in monthly closing activities for entities, including balance sheet and income statement reconciliations.
• Handling of reconciling intercompany differences on FCCS and Cognos platforms.
• Providing customer support and responding to inquiries related to intercompany processes.
• Compliance with internal control protocols and support for internal and external audits.
• Documentation preparation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements, including MICS and Sox controls.
• Collaborating with the Team Lead on challenges, insights, workarounds, and improvement ideas.
• Identifying automation opportunities and working with technology to leverage system functionalities.
• Maintenance of role training documentation and assisting in knowledge transfer to new employees.
• Handling of ad hoc requests and projects.

Profile:

• Degree in accounting or related field, with post-graduate qualification advantageous.
• 3-5 years of prior experience in financial accounting.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI, with strong Excel skills.
• Familiarity with Financial Systems such as SAP, FCCS, and COGNOS.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IFRS preferred.
• Strong understanding of Procurement to Pay processes and query resolution.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize workload effectively, and build diverse teams.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, interpersonal, and time management skills.
• Analytical mindset with problem-solving abilities and expertise in planning and organizing.
• Upholding confidentiality, integrity, and honesty.
• Flexibility to adapt to change and work under pressure.
• Understanding of Agile Methodology and Ways of Working.