Country Compliance Officer

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced Country Compliance Officer. This is a specialist role which will interact extensively with leadership and stakeholders at various levels throughout a country.

CCBA is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. CCBA is a Non Alcoholic Ready to Drink (NARTD) market leader with an extensive footprint in Africa, employing over 17 000 employees and serving a combined population of over 300 million people across the continent. CCBA’s vision is to “refresh Africa every day and make the continent a better place for all”, growing successfully as a business and creating a better shared future for our people, customers, consumers, communities, planet and shareholders. We conduct ourselves with the utmost integrity for shared value and the greater good. We are a world class, customer-orientated, socially and environmentally conscious fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company that is driven by engaged, motivated and inspired employees.

The key purpose is to execute all compliance functions at this level in support of the Country Compliance Manager (CCM), to assist in ensuring operational compliance deliverables are achieved.

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**:
Must have a fair level of knowledge of operational processes
Executing audits and delivering on tasks assigned as per country audit calendar
Monitoring and managing performance against each RACM and CSA control, reviewing audit findings and monitoring actions implemented to close out gaps and correct deviations identified
Testing and evaluating CSA tools and processes
Providing input into the design of RACM Control Self-Assessments (RSAs)
During auditing execution, pursuing ways to improve existing processes, including identifying those that can transition from a detective to monitoring and preventative methodology
Investigating and proposing amendments to current systems as a continuous improvement process
Conducting annual testing of Business Continuity Plans (BCP) routines and report on results of testing
Identifying enhancements on control testing processes and provide recommendations to the CCM; updating testing templates frequently
Providing feedback as required to the CCM on the status of action plans and deadline dates of assessments and audits being conducted
Assisting the CCM in the development of reports regarding country governance matters
Assisting the CCM with compiling country quarterly RACM and CSA results
Jointly facilitating the review of country audit requests and assisting with the allocation of information requests to applicable process owners; guiding the Operations on audit requests to ensure the smooth running of audits within the allocated time period
Collating and submitting requested information to internal and external auditors to assess compliance to internal controls
Reviewing, analysing and interpreting key audit findings and associated action plans for the country to adequately mitigate the identified risk; investigating and escalating findings or issues as applicable
Working with the Operations to drive closure of audit findings and submit the required documentation to the CCM for closing this in the system
Ensuring adherence to the country governance calendar and its fulfilment throughout the year
Providing an expert advisory and guidance service to the Operations in terms of assisting and driving knowledge of compliance
Actively contributing to a knowledge-sharing culture within the country compliance team
Providing specialised support as a key point of contact to country operational teams
Use learning gained from team successes and issues, to enhance performance and relationships in the team

**Skills, Experience & Education**:
**Qualifications**:
BCom Honours or equivalent
Chartered Accountant CA(SA), Associate General Accountant (AGA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), with relevant experience will be considered
Hands-on experience of SAP and / or Microsoft Dynamics essential

**Experience**:
Minimum 2+ years operational financial experience
Previous governance and control experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred
Additional internal audit experience will be advantageous

**Travel Requirements**:
The job holder will be expected to travel at short notice to different parts of the country in which they’re based

**General**: The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing.