Financial Planning & Accounting Associate

Job Description  This position is established to support the FP&A Manager and the local Management Team in the following areas:

Financial planning cycles (ASP/LE/OL), analysis and reporting of the actual business performance,
Financial reporting of volumes and financials, with related variance analysis and road-maps
Improvement of the entity internal controls environment and business processes, review and upgrade of the local policies and procedures, integration of local information systems
Control and management of OPEX and marketing budget (internal orders).
Planning and budgeting cycle
Actively take part in the preparation of the ASP, LEs and OL cycles in line with company’s reporting guidelines by:

Timely and accurate data submission to Sub-region finance.
Data load into MESSA-SSA financial reporting tool (TM1 Cognos) and BWP.
Participate in documenting CFO Briefs, roadmaps and related documents as required.
Actively participate in the preparation of business documents as required by local management.

Financial Reporting Assist the FP&A function by actively participating in preparing:

Weekly and monthly volume reports for West Africa.
Financial and volume CFO Briefs for West Africa.
Variance analysis of the gross margin (price/cost, volume, mix); overall analysis of OCC.
Monthly business performance dashboard – management report.
Monthly reports for OPEX (G&A and C&TM) and Marketing, analyze the variances versus AP/LE/PY and obtain explanations of the variances from cost center owners.
Monthly update of West Africa currency ratios.
Monthly submissions of Webtool (SPFG inventory) forecasts, ensuring no negative production requirements.
Internal controls over financial reporting and policies & procedures

Strengthen the existing control environment in order to help limited accomplish their financial objectives by:

Preparing offline files that will assist the effective monitoring of:

Monthly marketing expenditure (including TITP) report by Brand / project.
Monthly OPEX reporting by Function & P&L line.
Document control for FP&A related tasks.
Month-end accounting closing process
Participate in the monthly closing process and assist the local Finance Team with the preparation of the entity trial balances
Review of data loaded in BWP and PRD (the company SAP Business Warehouse) and prepare related SRT journals (if required)

Minimum Requirements

University Degree in Finance & Accounting; Accounting Qualification is required or in process.
Minimum 3 years preferably in a similar position within an international environment or in an financial consulting firm.
Fluent in English is a must. SAP R/3 and BI tools knowledge is a plus.

Applicants should send a copy of their resume to: boluwatife.akinyemi@aldelia.com

Apply via :

boluwatife.akinyemi@aldelia.com