Job title : Brewery Controller Newlands
Job Location : South Africa,
Deadline : October 10, 2025
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- The Key Purpose of this role is to guarantee financial excellence at the brewery, implement stringent controls, foster accountability. Ensure the reliability of cost accounting key figures and / or P / L reporting for the brewery. Additionally, prioritize operational discipline, enhance visibility and predictability for price and performance in advance of month-end closing.
Key Roles and Responsibilities :
Cost Leadership
Oversight of the plant's closing cycle, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the results including transfer price, VIC / VLC, ZBB and plant asset booking.Ensure first time right postings, Avoid accounting errors and postings of manual journals.Assume responsibility for managing plant inventory and capital expenditure (CAPEX). This involves ensuring compliance with booking procedures, onsite management, and reviewing internal process compliance. The primary goal is to ensure that asset bookings conform to PRC and IFRS standards, asset management processes align with internal control policies, and relevant processes operate as efficiently as possible.Controls and Compliance
Serve as the first line of defense and oversee the execution of controls as defined by Internal ControlEnsuring that the brewery's assigned controls accurately reflect the reality of the processes. This includes reviewing the PR-GR cycle, co-product lifecycle, and returnable package management.Oversee both internal and external tax reporting for the plant. Work closely with the tax team to ensure timely completion of tax filings, respond to inquiries, and meet tax inspection requirements mandated by the local authorityForecasting & Planning
Support brewery operations, Zone Financial Planning and PPM teams on the forecast by providing inputs for LE & 1 YPCost Management
Analyze costs, variances on yields and consumptionsReasonability / accuracy of accrualsReconciliation of utility costs (water, electricity, effluent) between internal and municipal readings & ensure accuracy of the accrualGRN Compliance (Open PO Management, UOM receipting accuracy)Review and understanding of the reallocation journals at the plant. Root cause analysis and process improvement to reduce number of journals.Approve journals and ensure DAG complianceCo-products – Ensuring that its accurately accounted for (Invoicing completeness, sundry debtor aging)Returnable packaging – Accurate Accounting + ControlsMBFU recharge reconciliation (Missing, broken, foreign, unwashable glass)Inventory Management
Ensure Inventory management compliance of FG’s, RM and Spare PartsStock count controls (Quarterly stock count review, reconciliation and ensure that differences are posted) Monthly Review & Quarterly attendanceStock movements analysis and investigate anomaliesCapex Management
Ensuring capitalization is captured correctlyValidation of Capitalization to the plantPhysical verification of assetsImpairments (identify, and request bookings)ZBB and UPP policy complianceTax Compliance
Invoicing Management and the full scope of internal and external tax reporting for the plantExcise validation – calculated and shared by the BSC. SARS / RA POC at the plantExcise rebate liaison with RA and ensuring the decanting certificate is issuedCollaborate closely with the Business Control Center (BCC) tax team to complete tax filings, respond to inquiries, and meet tax inspection requirements from the local authorityMaintain a network among HQ tax, BCC tax, tax compliance, planning, and all other tax-related routinesFinancial Planning & Analysis
Support the Financial Planning and PPM teams on the forecast by providing inputs for LE & 1 year planKey Attributes & Competencies :
Strong leadership skillsGood communicator and the ability to work with financial and non-financial collaboratorsGood analytical skillsAbility to synthesize complex issues into actionable activitiesCapacity to anticipate future trends and developmentsMinimum Requirements :
Bachelor or Master in Business, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or CA2 to 3 + years, in industry contextKnowledge of SAP / Syspro, Business Warehouse, Anaplan is a plusPrevious controlling experience ( preferably site manufacturing )Working knowledge of AccountingAdditional information :
Band : VIIAccounting / Financial Services jobs