Financial Controller

The Position

Roche Diagnostics in Johannesburg or Nairobi is seeking a Financial Controller to provide sales and financial analysis to support the relevant stakeholders in achieving their business and financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Among other duties the role will entail:

Month-End Processing

• Prepare for sales finalisation by running the release billing documents for accounting report and resolving any blocked transactions monthly.
• Identify recognisable revenue for the month, reviewing the data and reverse the sales that have not been completed in the period, monthly.
• Confirm the completeness of revenue by reviewing the data, identifying any outstanding revenues, addressing with the relevant stakeholders and processing for the month
• Including but not limited to:
• Lease revenue
• Cost per billing
• Any other accruals etc
• Review the sales pack and instrument placement (IP) pack by receiving the pack, quality controlling the data against the system (SAP), identifying and addressing any anomalies and submitting the finalised pack to the system (DIS) monthly.
• Process instrument capex by extracting the instrument and installations reports, undertaking the analysis to identify instruments requiring capitalisation, submit to relevant stakeholders for review and inputs and finalise for monthly processing.
• Authorise depreciation processing by confirming finalise capitalisation of instruments, reviewing report from Shared Services and submitting approval of depreciation report monthly.
• Quality control the asset processing by extracting the required reports, analysing the data, confirming classification in line with FGAR and resolving any issues identified monthly.

Reporting

• Prepare sales, instrument placement (IP) and KPI reports by extracting the data, inputting into the relevant reporting format, reviewing the accuracy of the report and submit to the relevant stakeholders monthly within deadlines.
• Prepare KPI report comments by engaging with the relevant stakeholder, identifying and addressing any variances against target, updating the report and submitting monthly within deadlines.
• Review the install capacity base (ICB) report by receiving the data, engaging with the relevant stakeholders and confirming the data annually or as required.
• Prepare ad hoc reports by receiving the request, extracting the required data, preparing the report and submitting as required.
• Assist with the audit process (internal and external) by providing required documentation and reports and addressing any queries as required.

Sales Forecasting and Budgeting

• Contribute to the live sales report / forecast by inputting the required data, participating in the scheduled meetings, engaging with the data and making relevant adjustments weekly and monthly.
• Provide budgeting and target setting support for sales and IP by engaging with the relevant stakeholders, identifying historical trends, providing support to set future targets and budgets and inputting the data into the planning tool annually / bi-annually as required.
• Develop the overall revenue (IP and sales) plan by consolidating all the inputs and preparing the final plan annually / bi-annually as required.
• Maintain the business planning tool by updating and training users of the tool and identifying areas of improvement for the tool as required.
• Prepare the instrument depreciation forecast by using the IP data within the system and submitting annually / bi-annually as required.

Analysis and Business Partnering

• Provide financial support and data analysis and reports to relevant stakeholders by receiving the request, identifying the required outputs, preparing the data and analysis and presenting / submitting to the relevant party within the agreed deadlines.
• Monitor the control activities by identifying inaccuracies and errors in the process, investigating the process further and developing recommendations on improvements and submitting to line manager for approval and implementation as relevant.

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Required Qualification: NQF 7 Commerce in Financial Accounting / Cost Accounting or similar
• Required Experience: 3 - 6 years' financial controlling experience. CIMA would be advantageous.
• Must have knowledge of: Sales forecasting and budgeting planning and preparation, SAP FI / CO a must and IFRS.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche has played a pioneering role in healthcare as an innovator of products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The company has operated in South Africa since 1947.The local office of Roche Diagnostics is based in Midrand, Johannesburg and it has offices throughout Southern Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa. We employ over 180 employees in our Diagnostics division.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.