Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Job at Seven-Up Bottling Company Ltd

Seven-Up Bottling Company Ltd is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager will be responsible for providing senior management and executives with the analysis and information they need to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions.
• You'll also for be responsible for running the annual budgeting process, as well as for managing cash flow forecast models, variance analysis, and other financial performance tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for preparing and coordinating the annual budgeting process, for P or L, Cash flow, with variance analysis versus relevant bases.
• Managing cash flow forecast models, variance analysis of Topline and Bottomline, and other financial performance tools.
• Managing the Rolling Forecast for P or L and Cashflow, while delivering in line with the applicable timelines.
• Deliver Strategic Business Planning Cycles, in line with the strategic business objectives, looking forward to improving the sustainability and growth objectives of SBC.
• Continuous engagement with the relevant teams to ensure forecast accuracy are at acceptable limits, while improving the information pipeline YoY.
• Performing ad-hoc analysis where required to assist in management decision making, producing
• forward-looking financial models, offer strategic guidance, and provide actionable insights to drive growth and operational efficiencies.
• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.
• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting.
• Analyze and interpret financial results compared to budgets, forecasts and other benchmarks as may be relevant. Produce regular and ad-hoc financial reports and dashboards for senior management.
• Monitor the topline as contributed by Key SKUs to strongly drive business profitability through better mix.
• Liaise with the relevant personnel to ensure COGS is optimized and being tracked at high level to avoid surprises.
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across relevant Units of the business
• Collaborate with business units to develop financial models for new projects and business cases.
• Partner with Business Intelligence team to create customized financial reports on dashboard systems to monitor business activities, develop operational benchmarks and automate manual processes.
• Support the Commercial Team to ensure that their strategies lead to Net Sales Revenue and GP growth through the business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide analytical support in evaluation of all Commercial initiatives in terms of product launches, pricing promotional activities and direct marketing expenditure.
• Support to drive initiatives in order improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization, Product profitability).
• Prepare in-depth & insightful financial analysis and decision support to the sales and category team including identification of opportunities and risks with commentaries/analytics.
• Evaluation and Monitoring of Trade Discount Incentive proposals/programs to drive promotional effectiveness/profitability.
• Provision of robust analysis and insight into pack profitability and portfolio management and preparation of value chain analysis for existing and potential products.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting and or related fields.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Financial Planning and analysis department.
• Chartered Accountant (ICAN or a similar Professional Body)
• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like Dynamics NAV, SAP.
• Familiarity with Excel.
• Good understanding of Systems and Core Accounting Concepts.
• Strong negotiation skills.

Method of Application 
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.