Overview The Finance Control Lead will be responsible for the effective operation and monitoring of all key financial processes executed within the Cairo Capability Center (i.e. financial and management reporting, Procurement to Pay, Intercompany legal entity invoicing and settlement, AMENA intercompany eliminations), oversight of all outsourced financial activity leveraged by the CCC (payroll, IBM transactional processing) and overseeing the financial close process. In addition the role will be responsible for driving the Global Control Standard agenda across all functions operating within the hub. The Control Lead role will need to collaborate with the FP&A team to ensure financial and management reporting processes work seamlessly to produce accurate timely internal and Corporate financial information as well as collaboration with stakeholders from the different BUs that are operated by CCC to ensure proper posting, contract creation, validity and extensions. Responsibilities Functional Responsibilities Lead overall Financial reporting process for the CBS including; PepsiCo Internal Reporting, statutory reporting, Tax compliance & FAS Schedules with the Tax team, period closing activities. Assist Controller on audit support and statutory reporting. Oversee the CBS intercompany invoicing, settlement and elimination process - including but not limited to oversight of pricing and markup process, cash settlement process, and true up process. Set the Global Control Standard (GCS) strategy for the CCC, drive the GCS deployment, proportional ownership model and actively manage progress against the strategy and targets. Support CBS capex process - ownership of the accounting components of the capex Own overall financial governance processes – Balance Sheet Review, allocation processes, representation letter process to internal customers Partner with Treasury team to ensure proper cash management Engage with CFI functions as needed regarding and financial reporting or control processes Partner with Oustide Sesrvice Providers (OSPs) for transactional (IBM) and Payroll (Allsec) support and SLA compliance. Partner with CCC FP&A to set up accounting system set up. Partner with CCC FP&A in implementing defined allocation methodology. Set Up Activities Work with Egypt Control Group, GFSS, GBS global finance lead, the EBS finance lead, Global IT Control & FPA leads and other global functions to define and implement reporting calendars, internal reporting processes, GL set up, integration of financial managed service providers and HFM reporting. Drive setup of the GL solution and HFM entity, integration of financial OSP (e.g. payroll) and support rollout and integration of the Hubs project system Qualifications Strong financial Control and Reporting background working in a global environment Strong understanding of the PepsiCo Global Control Standard (GCS) or equivalent Strong understanding of US GAAP and a medium level of technical accounting understanding 8+ years of financial reporting and control experience with accounting designation (e.g. CA, CPA) Experience working with government regulatory entities to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with multi-functional teams in a global virtual environment Strong understanding and aptitude for financials technologies (SAP, Bots, Data Analytics, etc.) Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in both Arabic and English language Strong understanding of business processes related to financial planning, control and auditing. Strong Financial and Control acumen Strong communicator Ability to influence other not in direct reporting line to drive the Control Agenda - primary control representative in the Hub Desire to leverage technology and look for new ways of working Sound knowledge of Financial systems (SAP, Power BI, MS Office and Other financial reporting systems) Strong understanding of business processes related to financial planning, control and auditing. Good to have HFM knowledge FAS reporting