• Application Deadline:
• Position: Associate Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Nigeria


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Responsibilities:

• Plan, collect data and prepare annual budgets/Rolling Forecast, monthly and quarterly financial forecasts, operating plan and modeling tools in conjunction with the Finance Manager and Sales/Marketing teams.


• Submit, follow-up and justify budget components to the local management and to finance team.


• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures.


• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance Supervision of Financial Analyst(s).


• Develop analysis of variances against operational plan, rolling forecast and business plan, suggest adequate corrective actions where needed.


• Prepare rebates set-up, ensure proper calculation and manage their payments


• Preparation of working capital analysis, P&L and balance sheet


• Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports


• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs, menu pricing, new store rollouts as well as new projects


• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives


• Providing all departments (sales, marketing, HR, CS & SC…) with the necessary financial analysis and information


• Providing ad-hoc month-end business report analysis to management


• Maintaining Pricing Index, Item Master and Standard Costing Computation

Key performance indicators (KPIs):

• Timely and Accurate Reporting in the different environments


• KPI = deadline compliance + Post deadline adjustments tracking


• Precision: Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly well-organized and efficient


• Active involvement in the good communication between finance and other departments.


• Monthly closing on time and with all BIC procedures completed (31 steps in the closing procedure to manage in 4 days)


• Accurate and timely reports on P&L and balance sheets items;


• Completion of tasks within company and legal deadlines/standards;

Qualifications:

R = Required, D = Desired

• R - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Economics/Finance


• R - 5+ years’ experience in Financial Planning and Analysis


• R - Fluent in English, People Oriented, Proactive


• R - Exposure and interest to ERP and comfortable with IT including Power BI.


• R - Exposure in Consumer Products & Retail industry


• D - Professional Accounting certification such as ACA, ACCA, CFA is a plus


• D - MBA in financial management and planning is a plus


• D - JDE, ANAPLAN, S2M & HFM knowledge is a plus


• D - Professional knowledge of French is a plus