Job description
Based in Ibadan, the company is a state-of-the-art manufacturer of non-alcoholic drinks and condiments
This role is responsible for preparing and analysing financial information as well as developing reporting tools and routines to ensure that the management makes well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability.
Summary of Duties:
- Prepare statutory accounts, accurately and on time
- Manage proactively the Management Accounting activity
- Prepare periodic financial analyses and business intelligence reports
- Drive the annual forecasting and budget process
- Create and implement a robust management reporting framework in order to facilitate fact-based decision making by management
- Provide monthly variance analysis with commentaries
- Commercial support and analysis to all functions across the organisation
- Create and implement financial models to aid decision making
- Develop and implement relevant KPIs and performance drivers and track them systematically
- Provide regular cash management reports and forecasting
- Ensure proper costing (factory accounting) and cost control measures
- Other ad-hoc duties as requested
- Prepare schedules and support annual audits
Qualifications and Experience:
- ACA or equivalent
- 4-10 years of relevant experience (accounting/ finance roles) in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the FMCG sub-sector
- Demonstrable understanding of costing, budgeting and forecasting
- Sound knowledge of IFRS
- Advanced Excel and business modelling skills
- Proactive with making sense of available financial data with a view of improving operational efficiency
- Able to interpret data swiftly and interested in understanding the business in-depth
- Experience of working with an ERP system would be advantageous