Accountant: Payroll

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa PepsiCo Full time

Overview:

We are Pepsi Co

Pepsi Co is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding Pepsi Co is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with Pepsi Co Positive. Through Pepsi Co Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. Pepsi Co Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore, and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. Pepsi Co SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.
Responsibilities:
What we're looking for:

Manage the accounting and recording of financial transactions in accordance with US GAAP and Pepsico policies. Responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing and reporting financial and management information and establish procedures in Payroll Department.

Accountabilities:

Key Performance Areas

- Check and upload external payroll service provider’s payroll transactions.
- Compile and process ad hoc payroll related journals.
- Perform and manage payroll general ledger balance sheet (GL) recons.
- Special focus on unreconciled items aged over 90 days without adequate justification and follow-up.
- Own the resolution of queries and flag significant concerns with management.
- Perform clearing of open balance sheet line items.
- Preparation and submission of cross charges of Expats and Impats
- Assist with developing and implementing strategies to mitigate gaps and streamline the operational and recon processes.
- Preparation and completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
- Monthly preparation of 3rd party payments on different platforms including SARS payments
- Involvement in year-end reporting process as required (including liaison/query resolution with external auditors)
- Relationship building and liaison with Global stakeholders.
- Other ad-hoc duties supporting the Payroll specialist

Stakeholder engagement

- Manage relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders with the objective of meeting delivery as per the agreed parameters.
- Manage relationships with Payroll and HR Operations department.
- Manage relationships with business units, Global, Control shared services and the Finance Community.
- Manage relationships external partners.

People Management

- Drive people development.
- Train backup resources within the department
- Effectively execute Pepsico performance reviews

Qualifications:

- B Com Degree – Accounting or Financial Management
- Good knowledge of SA Payroll procedures
- Min of 3 years Accounting / Finance experience
- MS Office literate – Advanced Excel (Including pivots and VLOOKUP’s)
- Knowledge and understanding of internal controls.
- SAP Experience
- Knowledge of Payroll reconciliation will be beneficial.

"Pepsi Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act."

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