Payments Controller - Treasury

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The key purpose of this role is to ensuring Payments are made on time and cash flow forecasting is complete and accurate.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Payments, including but not limited to Holding Companies, Inter Company Payments, Local and Foreign Payments and related customs and legislation responsibilities.
• Collaborate with various teams and vendors to improve on-time payment, ensuring agreed timelines, relating to payment activities, are met.
• Ensure payments are made and processed in SAP timeously including matching and clearing activities.
• Perform activities, including but not limited to calculations, journals and banking and payment reconciliations as well as obtaining information from the banking portals, to ensure that the bank movements have been processed correctly in SAP.
• Trouble shoot issues and share improvement ideas with Team Lead
• Help the team and Team Lead in identifying process improvements, excellence and process efficiency opportunities.
• Assist the team to meet weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLAs and KPI's
• Maintenance of role training documentation. Assisting in knowledge transfer to new employees within the role
• Identify automation opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with technology to leverage system functionalities to improve the process.
• Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required for internal and external audit.
• Share information as it relates to business requirements
• Submit daily cash flow forecasting for SA, meet KPI targets
• Prepare payment forecasts and payment proposals as per agreed

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in accounting or related field
• 2 years prior related position experience required
• Computer skills (MS Office, Financial systems)
• Strong process knowledge

Key Competencies:

• Able to work on own initiative and priorities workload effectively
• Ability to build productive working relationships internally and externally
• Strong interpersonal / business skills and time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Analytical approach / good problem-solving skills
• Capable of being entrusted with confidential information
• Ability to be flexible with duties and scope of work
• Able to work under pressure

Additional Information:

Band: VII

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional / relevant information as criteria for short-listing.