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Head Group Tax
It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!The Head of Tax is ultimately responsible for the tax affairs of the Pick n Pay Group, with a particular focus on the tax affairs of the Pick n Pay segment. The Head of Tax takes ultimate responsibility for all engagement with relevant tax authorities and represents Pick n Pay in relation to its tax affairs.
This role will lead the tax function, together with a tax team, ensuring compliance with all South Africa and relevant rest of Africa countries tax regulations, while optimizing the company’s tax position. This role will involve developing tax strategies, managing risks, providing tax advice and collaborating with various departments to support the company’s overall business objectives. This incumbent is expected to drive continuous optimization in tax reporting and analytics, working with relevant stakeholders and business units to ensure accuracy, reliability, and automation of tax relevant information. The Head of Tax will report into the Group Head of Finance.
Minimum requirements
Chartered Accountant (SA)
Bachelor’s degree in Tax
Post graduate degree in tax, advantageous
10 years of progressive tax experience, with a focus on retail, consumer goods or auditing firms.
Strong knowledge of South African tax laws
Competencies
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Strong leadership and team management skills.
Effective communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex tax-related information to management and other stakeholders.
Proficiency in tax software and financial modeling
Key responsibilities
Tax Strategy Development:
Formulate and implement effective tax strategies aligned with business goals, ensuring tax compliance and minimization of tax liabilities.
Identify opportunities for tax savings and efficiencies.
Identify opportunities for effective utilization of assessed losses, including the identification of opportunities to reorganize legal structures for tax optimization.
Risk Assessment:
Identify and assess tax risks and exposures, developing strategies to mitigate them.
Maintain the tax risk register for the Group, with a particular focus on the Pick n Pay segment of the Group
Manage tax audits and disputes, collaborating with external advisors as necessary.
Advisory Role:
Provide strategic tax advice on all tax related matters, including mergers, acquisitions, and other business initiatives or transactions, collaborating with external advisors as necessary, to ensure compliance and proper tax risk management.
Partner with finance, legal, and operations teams to ensure tax implications are considered in business decisions.
Monitor industry trends and developments and changes in tax laws that could impact the tax affairs of the Group.
Compliance Management:
Ensure timely and accurate preparation and filing of all tax returns (income, VAT, etc.) to avoid reputational risk.
Monitor compliance with local and neighboring countries tax regulations.
Owner and project lead on all amendments to relevant tax laws that requires implementation and changes within the Group, collaborating with external advisors as necessary.
Maintain relationships with tax authorities and industry bodies
Engage with tax authorities on relevant tax matters, assist with remediation to minimize impacts on the Group, collaborating with external advisors as necessary.
Reporting, Planning and Analytics:
Oversee the preparation of tax provisions and ensure accurate financial reporting.
Assist with tax planning and forecasting, including cash flow projections to meet tax requirements.
Analyze the impact of new tax laws and regulations on business operations, reporting requirements and cash flow requirements.
Maintain regular reporting of the Group’s tax affairs to the Head of Finance, including regular reporting of relevant tax risks.
Regular reporting of the status of the Group’s tax affairs and material tax risks to the Chief Finance Officer, the Group Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board of Directors
Effective collaboration with finance and IT on tax reporting functionality, driving continuous improvement and digitization of tax relevant financial information requirements.
Leadership and Development:
Lead and mentor the tax team, ensuring complete management of the tax affairs of the Group
Direct and manage team performance and development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement, innovation, and digitization
Develop a talent management strategy
Maintain succession planning and support necessary recruitment
Develop and implement tax policies and procedures.
Additional
Ad hoc related requirements, as and when required
Supporting the Head of Finance and Chief Finance Officer with necessary tax reporting, planning and analytics requirements, including but not limited to the involvement in external financial publications, board of directors and committee engagements, analysts and shareholder engagements, and other stakeholder engagements.
Closing date: 30 November 2024
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!
Finance Manager
It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!To assist the Divisional Head with financial Reporting, financial controls and governance, planning (forecasting and budgeting) and business support
Minimum requirements
Chartered Accountant, with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
Previous experience of managing a team / process / project
Knowledge of SAP FI, BPC and BI advantageous
Microsoft Excel intermediate
PowerPoint intermediate
Competencies
Core competencies
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills – must have the ability to manage and influence teams, even when they do not report to him / her
Highly motivated, results orientated and self-directed individual
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to present ideas in a business-friendly, concise and easily comprehensible manner
Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities, financial analysis and modelling
Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Strong customer service presence, collaboration, negotiation, communication, organisation, people management and conflict resolution skills
Pro-active approach to implementation of changes
Behavioural competencies
Strong sense of accountability and operational excellence
Well organised with strong attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent planning and time management skills
People Orientation
Team player
Key responsibilities
Financial and management reporting – ensuring accuracy, completeness and relevance, including Board packs and external audit liaison
Budgeting and forecasting – develop flexible models that enable business units to adapt and adjust financial plans as necessary in response to changes in the business environment or new information (scenario analysis models).
Innovation and analytics – drive continuous improvement, automation and enhancement of financial information and business processes, and create a sustainable solution for new requirements
Business insights – ensure financial information is presented in a clear and concise manner and complex financial concepts are communicated well to non-financial stakeholders, tailoring your insights to the needs of different stakeholders
Ad hoc support and financial analysis with a view to ensure real time response to identified risk areas and topical issues
Governance – implementing, maintaining and improving the financial control environment and policies in alignment with and complementing internal and external audit functions
Manage and ensure the data integrity and alignment of financial master data and any changes across all finance reporting platforms
Prescribe best practice accounting policies and operational accounting implementation to enforce the adequacy and compliance of accounting provisions in terms of IFRS and relevant legislation
Review internal and external audit findings, and manage resolution and closure of findings
Closing date: 24 November 2024
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!
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Supply Chain Planner
It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!Ensure the effective execution of the flow of stock through the value chain in order to achieve sales growth, availability, waste, working capital and reducing distribution costs. Integrate with cross functional stakeholders to understand strategies and targets and translate this into qualitative forecasts, sales plans and vendor orders.
BCom Logistics/Degree in Quantitative Analytics/Operational Research/Industrial Engineering/Applied Mathematics (RPL)
SQL (Structured Query Language), Power BI and Access advantageous
2 years Retail, Supply Chain or Planning experience and/or at least 1 year PnP-specific experience
COMPETENCIES:
Analysis
Conceptual Thinking
Data Accuracy & Attention to Detail
Judgement & Decision Making
Drive
Flexibility
Positive, willing attitude
Networking/Liaison
Organisational Awareness
Influencing
Verbal & Written Communication
Business Insights
Environmental Scanning
Prioritising Tasks
Monitoring
Sales Plan
Create sales plan:
Create weekly sales plans for assigned categories using the module document and Standardised T-4 planning process.
Consolidate all inputs required to plan for promotions, cannibalization, events, seasonal/weather/price changes, and plan accordingly.
Use annualization trend reports to understand previous year sales base compared to current year and identify trade opportunities where there are gaps.
Use standardised planning and reporting tools for accurate sales planning and execution
Understanding the business sales plans and strategy and base your category forecast on these plans.
Plan for upcoming promotions by extracting upcoming promotional information from the Adnote tool and adhering to the relevant T – 5 Promotional planning processes.
Create a sales and execution plan for new article and seasonal launches.
Plan for store specific nuances i.e. changing trends, revamps, new stores and for store specific events communicated by the Store Execution Team
Follow the DILO & Rhythm document as set and communicated by your line manager
Incorporate historical forecast accuracy into future planning process and numbers to drive more accurate sales planning and forecasting.
Liaise with business on the sales plan:
Follow a set weekly rhythm with commercial teams to understand sales strategies and agree on forecast values at T-3
Share weekly sales plan with divisional teams and distribute agreed sales forecast numbers at T-2.
Escalate significant differences between sales targets, commercial sales plan and the retail sales forecast.
Operational Execution
Sales Plan Execution:
Load forecast DIFs in SAP to ensure the system forecast reflects your category sales plan and promotional forecast.
Follow processes and methods communicated by line management to ensure all forecast uploads are accurate.
Ensure replenishment parameters are set correctly to reflect the sales plan and forecast accurately.
Revise min display rules on a regular basis to ensure optimized min display settings.
Ensure in-week forecast profiles are set correctly to accurately reflect in-week sales demand of stores and articles. Ensure that shelf life is set correctly in SAP for lines linked to assigned category.
Ensure replenishment master data fields are set correctly for accurate and correct execution of system replenishment.
T-Action and Monitoring:
Make use of available standardized reports and tools for daily execution and monitoring of orders and sales plans.
Monitor orders daily to ensure order trends reflect sales plan and in-week forecast distribution.
Track sales, waste, working capital and availability KPIs daily to ensure sales plans are executed correctly.
Monitor sales vs forecast and adjust sales plans accordingly to ensure forecast and replenishment parameters reflect customer demand.
Work through daily and weekly KPI exceptions (available on the story board report for fresh categories) and take action as per guidance provided by your line manager.
Highlight and escalate any KPI or operational risks identified and work with your line manager to resolve identified issues.
Understand root cause on high returns and implement solutions that will proactively reduce/avoid returns.
Execute New article and/or seasonal launches in adherence with the launch process.
Manage DC stock holding on bulk lines and take responsibility for the ordering process and maintaining target stock levels in all DC’s.
Execute the ordering of imports stock according to the plan set by line management.
Execute end to end promo planning process, by engaging with stakeholders and adhering to the T-5 promotional process.
Analyse the New & Revamp store report and take action on poor availability lines.
Resolve specific availability, sales growth or waste issues escalated by regions or the Store Execution Team (SET).
Execute the Own-brand strategy set by line management.
Revise previous week:
Revise previous week performance and incorporate into planning processes for current and upcoming weeks.
Report on any post promo overstocks and escalate articles and stores requiring further action to avoid waste.
Make use of standardised reports to tools to understand the root cause of low availability and implement solutions to proactively reduce/avoid out of stocks. Escalate root causes that is not within the control of the supply chain planning department.
Make use of standardised reports to tools to understand the root cause of waste and implement solutions to proactively reduce/avoid excessive waste. Escalate root causes that is not within the control of the supply chain planning department.
Escalate store stock accuracy issues to line management.
Category Profitability
Provide input on promo & pricing strategies based on category performance and annualization
Provide input on range based on sales, waste and profitability
Support maximized deal price purchases by ordering more stock for promo lines during the deal price period. Only for lines where applicable Identify opportunities to increase category profitability by using a profit levers tool or something similar
Support Vendor Growth Hurdles and strategic Buy-ins (Category Profitability) by executing the plan provided by the planning line manager.
Understand the elements that contribute to improved category GP and work with commercial teams to achieve set targets.
Work with commercial and store teams to plan for the effective ordering and execution of service counter/in-store departments.
Work with commercial and logistics teams to implement ways of work that will drive increased franchisee buy-in participation.
Stakeholder Engagement
Build & maintain good working relationship with all stakeholders
Internal Stakeholders:
Collaborate with required internal stakeholders to create accurate and realistic sales plans that reflect business, category and promotional strategies.
Follow the commercial integration rhythm as set by your line manager.
Communicate sales plans to the SCP DC volume management team to ensure accurate DC volume planning and execution
Work closely with the technical team to ensure the accurate maintenance of shelf life in SAP. Ensure all quality related issues are incorporated into sales plans.
Communicate with the SET on store specific issues and accompany them on store visits – 1 per quarter
Work with New Product Development teams to ensure the timeous execution of new product launches.
External Stakeholders:
Share promotional forecast with vendors as set out in the T-4 promo planning process.
Work with vendors and commercial to understand the root cause of poor strike rate and work on solutions to proactively avoid strike rate issues.
Liaise with vendors following a formalized Vendor Collaboration process. Act as vendor champion as and when required.
Self-Management and Teamwork
Contribute to a positive, constructive working environment.
Share insights with peers on improved ways of work and utilisation of reports, tools and processes.
Ensure effective (clear and concise) communication with line manager, peers and stakeholders
Calm self and others during stressful times and keep a positive attitude.
Maintain positive working relationships with team members by building trust and treating them with respect.
Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management.
Contribute to an encouraging and motivating working environment.
Adhere to Pick n Pay values.
Value Chain Costs
Have a good understanding of value chain cost and income components and the role planning plays to influence these levers.
Ensure order patterns of assigned categories conform to the required in-week order distribution set for each DC.
Identify and escalate inefficient pack sizes
Implement mixed lugs as and when required
Provide input in vendor-specific projects & improvements that contribute to value chain efficiencies.
Execute vendor collaboration and efficiency plans as set out by the planning manager.
Execute operational plans communicated by line manager to maximize DC Margin.
Assist with the centralization of vendors into PnP DCs.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!
Discover who we are
All the best with your applications.
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