Financial Operations Manager

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
  
• B.Sc / B.Tech / HND.
  
• Master’s Degree / MBA.
  
• Minimum of 3 years experience working in multinational Fast Moving Consumer Goods ("FMCG") Company or practice and minimum 3 years’ experience with one of the big 4 accounting firms.
  
• Ideal person must have line managerial and leadership experience and should have a track record of improving processes, systems, and ways of working.
  
• Must have experience of working with stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds and managing key business advisors such as bankers, tax consultants and auditors.
  

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
  
• B.Sc / B.Tech / HND.
  
• Master’s Degree / MBA.
  
• Minimum of 3 years experience working in multinational Fast Moving Consumer Goods ("FMCG") Company or practice and minimum 3 years’ experience with one of the big 4 accounting firms.
  
• Ideal person must have line managerial and leadership experience and should have a track record of improving processes, systems, and ways of working.
  
• Must have experience of working with stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds and managing key business advisors such as bankers, tax consultants and auditors.
  

Transaction Processing and Recording:

• Processing of payments to staff and vendors on SAP in line with internal processes and contract terms. This includes:
  • APTID expenses
    
  • Office expenses
    
  • CAPEX Payments
    
  • Statutory payments
    
  • Intercompany
    
• Posting of petty cash replenishment and disbursement vouchers
  
• Reconciling bank accounts to General ledger at mid-month and month end; recording
  
• Responsible for reconciliation of supplier/customer accounts
  

Controls/Legal entity:

• Ownership and continuous improvement of petty cash, credit card and business advances/retirement processes.
  
• Preparation of tax schedules and filing upon approval. Maintain accurate tracker for all statutory payments.
  
• Day-to-day management of the general ledger and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  
• Preparation of month-end journals (for approval).
  
• Preparation of schedules for external audit and support to auditors as required
  

Documentation:

• Ensure that Payment vouchers and treasury documents are properly filed through frequent checks and feedback to the admin staff
  
• Ensure that all tax receipts are filed both in the cabinet and on SharePoint
  

Business Partnering:

• Provide IMS analysis to marketing and commercial teams for ad-hoc projects and to support decision making
  
• Ownership of IMS and SM analysis, review and forecasting meeting (with FMCL). Organizing and preparing insightful analysis to drive business understanding.
  
• Collaborate with relevant staff within FMCL to prepare and analyze IMS and secondary sales data and performance analysis for inclusion in period report
  

Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis:

• Provide Trade reports for Monthly Management Reporting Pack
  
• Ownership of key business information database - IMS, Van sales, Secondary sales etc.
  

Treasury:

• Maintain up-to-date FX tracker
  
• Maintain relationship with bankers and follow up on execution of instructions
  
• Ensure treasury instructions and operations are in line with FCF
  

Asset:

• Maintain up-to-date PPE schedule with voucher numbers
  
• Support the verifying and tagging of assets
  
• Responsible for the reconciliation of asset schedule to the general ledger
  
• Ensure relocation of assets are approved, properly documented and reconciled with the register each quarter