Job Title: Financial
Controlling Analyst
Reports To: Financial Controller
Success is entirely dependent on
managing and maintaining excellent relationship with the market Finance and
Supply / Production Operations teams and the ability to work effectively with
remote teams.
Reports To: Financial Controller
Dimensions
Leadership Responsibilities
The Supply Financial Controlling
Analyst is a role within Africa Business Services Centre (ABSC) Financial
Controlling Team.
Based in Nairobi and requires
supportive and challenging business partnering.
Key Stakeholders include:
·
FDs and their Finance teams
·
Supply Directors and their teams
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External and Internal Auditors
·
GDBS and other Global Diageo teams.
·
Data maintenance teams
·
The role will have no direct reports.
Purpose of Role
The role covers the set of activities
that entails stocks analysis process. Ensuring that internal controls are
established across the stocks management process areas is a key element of the
role.
Regular financial analysis done to
transform data (actual, historical & plans) to a form that helps in
understanding of costs and thus supports cost controlling. A key output from
the analysis is aggregating the risks & opportunities from the above
mentioned sub process areas, required actions determined and communicated to
senior management.
Accuracy and completeness of the
financial data generated is of key importance to ensure risks are mitigated
appropriately and opportunities recognized and pursued.
Top Accountabilities
·
Engage and align with key
stakeholders on stock take procedures and ensure that all stock take procedures
are observed for all location; onsite and offsite locations
·
Provide financial insights for supply
improvement task force (ITF) on savings, losses and controls for packaging,
brew-house and warehouse.
·
Monitor trends and movements of
returnable assets both physically and in system the system to identify risks
·
Monitor and review scrapping for
finished goods in the warehouse to ensure they are correct and are in formats
that can recharged
·
Prepare process loss and variance
report for the site and engage the area owners on key drivers and improvement
Qualifications and Experience
Required
Qualifications
·
Qualified Professional Accountant-
CPA(K)/ACCA/ACMA
·
Business related Degree.
Work experience
·
At least 3-4 years working experience
in a multinational corporate environment, with exposure to some of the following
areas:
·
Proven track record in the area of
Financial Accounting / Reporting, and/or Financial Controlling experience is
strongly preferred
·
Internal / external audit experience
and/or SOX is an advantage
·
Experience with Shared services
process activities is an advantage
·
Capable of working in a deadline
driven environment.
·
Working in a multi-national finance
environment
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Demonstrated ability to successfully
engage senior managers as well as other process stakeholders.
Language skills
·
Demonstrated English proficiency
(read, write and speak)
Functional Capabilities:
·
Excellent problem solving and
analytical skills
·
Systems knowledge
·
Relevant experience with integrated
systems such as SAP is an advantage.
·
MS applications (PowerPoint, Excel,
Access, Word, etc.)
·
BFC knowledge is an advantage
·
Visual Basic knowledge is an
advantage
How to Apply
In case you believe your career
objective match this exciting position, please forward your application and
detailed c.v stating your current position, remuneration, contact details by
5pm on 20th March 2019 recruitment@sheerlogicltd.com.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.