Guinness Nigeria Plc is the only company that does Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) in Nigeria. Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the below position : 

POSITION : Brewery Finance Manager

Description

• The role partners with the Site Director and plant leadership team to ensure efficiency improvement and cost reduction initiatives in the site operations to deliver value and embed cost leadership.
• This role is responsible for decision support and ensuring accountability with adequate engagement to explore opportunities within operations to support delivery of our performance ambition

Purpose

• Partnering with the Site Director, Customer Service Logistics & Planning Director and their Leadership teams to deliver excellent, well planned outcomes including productivity agenda.
• Developing and leading an expert Operations Finance function in Nigeria, covering performance management, decision support and process / control excellence across COGS, inventory and Capex. 

Market Complexity:

• Multiplicity of operating sector types, Beer, APNADS, Mainstream Spirits, and International Premium Spirits.
• Integrated Demand and Supply Operations, volatile operating environment with significant growth ambition.

 Leadership Responsibilities:

• Strong functional influence across the plant and Customer Service & logistics.
• Key role in Plant leadership team, Customer Service Logistics & Planning leadership team and Finance leadership team.
• Take the lead in embedding excellent CC&E standards in Supply and leading the development of an expert Supply Finance function in Nigeria.
• Play a key role with Plant budget holders, Engineers, Shift Managers, other Operations Managers across Supply and Finance leadership team to create the winning mind-set required to deliver productivity for the year.
• Partner the various plant budget holders to create and deliver productivity opportunities

Accountabilities:

• Ensure brilliant execution on identified initiatives and call for timely course correction to ensure there is no barrier to the delivery of benefits
• Provide strong leadership and monitoring of the productivity initiatives
• Work in partnership with each member of the plant leadership team to identify cost efficiency and cost saving initiatives and create strong partnerships to deliver on those productivity targets
• Drive performance management in Supply across COGS, Logistics and Capex, ensuring transparency, accuracy and delivery of targets.

Qualifications 

• First Degree in relevant field as well as a recognized accounting professional qualification
•  5 years relevant experience in FMCG company
• Leadership experience, strong analytical, influencing, communication and problem solving skills.
• Sound IT knowledge in the use of outlook (Micro soft Excel, Vision Executive/XL, Word and PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge in accounting package-SAP