• Application Deadline:
• Position: Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 3 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  
  

Job Description

• Seven-Up Bottling Company is currently recruiting for an FP&A analyst who will support the finance team.

Responsibilities

• Build financial reports that communicate consolidated and practice-level performance and analyse underlying trends across the regions.


• Prepare presentations in support of board and shareholder meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company


• Prepare and present variance analysis that compares historical performance and forecasted budget with actual results


• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting


• Partner with Business Intelligence team to create customized financial reports on dashboard systems to monitor business activities, develop operational benchmarks and automate manual processes


• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.


• Partner with Information Technology professionals to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance


• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the business


• 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 the evaluation of all commercial initiatives in terms of product launches, pricing promotional activities, and direct marketing expenditure.


• Support to drive initiatives in order to improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization, product profitability).


• Prepare in-depth and 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 discounts 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

• 3yrs+ experience in financial planning and analysis department.


• Familiarity with Excel.


• Good understanding of systems and core accounting concepts.


• Strong negotiation skills.


• Minimum of Bachelors in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.


• Membership of Chartered Accountant (ICAN or a similar professional body) is an


• added advantage


• Good command of spreadsheets and Excel Functions, Formulas, Pivot Tables.


• Data Analysis


• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like Dynamics NAV, SAP.


• Continuous learning mindset