Accountant/Plant Consultant

At The Coca-Cola Company, our 136-year legacy of delivering over 200 brands worldwide has been driven by our commitment to sustainability and social impact. We are looking for a dedicated Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team and contribute to our long-term, sustainable growth.

In this role, you will work closely with our operating units and financial groups, driving results and ensuring a smooth and seamless invoicing process. Your work will minimize risk, increase productivity, and contribute to our commitment to water stewardship, sustainable agriculture, sustainable packaging, and climate.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are committed to community involvement, women empowerment, and human rights. We are looking for candidates who share these values and have experience working directly with key internal/external stakeholders in a fast-paced, high-volume, high-standards global environment.

What You'll Do for Us:

• Create and Reconcile plant Purchase Orders for Services and indirect Supplies
• Must reconcile all open Purchase Orders on a timely basis
• Must Report and Resolve all Purchase Order Variances with Purchase Order creators
• Must reconcile all Blocked invoice
• Manages procedures company’s fixed assets: setting into operation, depreciation data tables (for local tax accounting), amortization of fixed assets, as well as filing documents which are related to Finance & Accounting.
• Collects all the Operating Expense (OPEX) and DME closing documents on a monthly basis and processes daily payment proposal.
• Works closely with the intercompany accountant to ensure monthly payments are processed timely and accurately.
• Works cross functionally to provide urgent payment request as well as investigates root cause of payment rejections and provides required modifications to resolve payment invoice issues. Provides weekly reports on any and all returned payments.
• Provides input required for group, statutory and internal audits following requests from auditor or General Finance Overview (GFO) team.
• Handles generic mailboxes to ensure all communication regarding payment modification is archived.
• Ensures desk procedures related to payment and AP Trade review and reconciliations are kept up to date.
• Proactively makes recommendations to improve overall payment and control processes, including debit balances.
• Processes and handles employees’ expense reports
• Controls the Book-to-Market (BTM) ratio in our internal systems.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting with CPI/CPA Preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in similar role (Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting).
• Familiar with ERP systems and productivity/reporting software.
• Candidate must have prior knowledge of SAP and proven background of Financial reporting.
• Knowledge of local accounting and tax legislation
• Must possess advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Supply Chain and Manufacturing environment experience/knowledge a plus.
• Familiar with GAAP and Local GAAP regulations.
• Serve as a Back up to all other plant PO creators
• Must Conduct Daily Review and Communicate variances to Goods Receipt - Invoice Receipt report
• Must attend and report out during Weekly Finance Meeting
• Must update Monthly Forecast with Actual Financial Performance
• Must Maintain Accurate Maintenance, Services & Supplies Expense Checkbooks
• Must coordinate Monthly spend with Manager/Supervisor
• Maintain accuracy of plant Spending accounts in SAP
• Must Ensure Accurate Allocation of GL-Code posting
• Track Receipts and Delivery of all open PO items
• Address all purchasing related Month End issues
• Support and Reconcile Annual Plant Fixed Asset Verification
• Maintain and record proper identification of all fixed assets for the plant
• Must stay up to date on company policies related to procurement
• Participate in Internal Controls audit related to procurement and fixed assets
• Other applicable responsibilities according to Business needs

What We Can Do For You:

• Work with iconic & innovative brands: Our portfolio represents over 200 products with some of the most popular brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Simply, Fairlife & Topo Chico.
• Work with expansive & diverse customers: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, and restaurants.
• Full benefits package that starts on day one of employment.

Skills:

Billing; SAP Accounting Software; Purchase Orders; Group Problem Solving; Microsoft Office; Invoices; Communication; Databasing; Accounts Receivable (AR); Teamwork; Confidentiality; Billing Software