Permanent - Global Financial Controller - Johannesburg - South Africa

• Support in the review and plausibility checks of monthly financial data (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)

• Assistance in variance analysis (financials, KPIs, HC/FTE) and preparation of supporting analyses

• Contribution to monthly, quarterly and annual reporting activities

• Preparation of data and analyses as input for management commentaries

• Support in ensuring data consistency and completeness during reporting cycles

• Support in forecast, budget and medium‑term planning processes

• Support in collecting, validating and preparing forecast data (country/product level)

• Ensuring alignment of volume, revenue and cost planning between operational and financial perspectives

• Technical responsibility for planning tool support during budget and forecast processes

• Support in consolidation, validation and commentary preparation

• Strong operational responsibility for SAP R/3 and SAP S/4HANA

   

   

• Hands‑on support of SAP S/4HANA rollouts and transition phases from SAP R/3

• Deep involvement in:

           CO structures

• Master data logic

   

   

• Chart of accounts

• Allocation and controlling logic

• Active contribution to chart‑of‑accounts harmonization and SAP readiness initiatives

• Technical implementation and testing of new reporting, planning and controlling solutions

• Support of digitalization and automation initiatives from a controlling‑technical perspective

• Continuous improvement of data quality, consistency and reproducibility across systems

• Assistance in preparing business and profitability analyses

• Support in plausibility checks of business plans and financial models

• Support in the preparation of investment documentation and business cases

   

   

• Assistance in financial calculations (e.g. investment assumptions, scenarios, sensitivities)

• Preparation of supporting analyses and documentation for investment and decision papers

• Ensuring documentation quality and consistency of assumptions

• Support in applying A&O controlling standards and templates
• Assistance in documenting processes, methodologies and planning logic

• Support in improving transparency and traceability of planning and reporting processes

• Maintenance of documentation related to planning tools and controlling processes

• Completed degree in Business Administration or comparable commercial training with professional experience

• Intermediate MS Office skills, especially Excel

• lSAP R3 knowledge

• Experience with BI applications and different data sources (TM1 or similar)

• 3 – 5 years’ experience

• Strong numerical understanding and analytical skills

• Fluent written and spoken German would be advantageous

• Project Management experience would be beneficial