Manager, ISC Finance West Africa

Education / Certifications

• Must have minimum Bachelor's Degree or Member of Professional Accounting Body
  

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Technical Expertise in financial planning and performance management including analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and strategy development, investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets.
  
• Business Acumen and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and snacking market including Supply Chain/manufacturing dynamics. Relevant experience in a large regional (or global) corporation.
  
• Leadership skills including proven business partnering, influencing and communication skills across a large regional or global, public company; experience working as a finance leader managing cross-functional and business partner teams to make decisions and drive results.
  
• Growth/Digital Mindset and ability to identify opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Integrity and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations.
  

Job specific requirements:

• Knowledge and use of SAP
  
• Experience in financial analysis, planning and cost controlling.
  
• Should have led a team successfully in current/previous responsibilities.
  
• Ability to influence decision-making and strong business partnering skills.
  
• Demonstrate strong communication skills
  
• The ideal candidate should minimum 10 years work experience in a Manufacturing environment (preference will be Plant Controlling finance roles)
  

Education / Certifications

• Must have minimum Bachelor's Degree or Member of Professional Accounting Body
  

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Technical Expertise in financial planning and performance management including analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and strategy development, investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets.
  
• Business Acumen and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and snacking market including Supply Chain/manufacturing dynamics. Relevant experience in a large regional (or global) corporation.
  
• Leadership skills including proven business partnering, influencing and communication skills across a large regional or global, public company; experience working as a finance leader managing cross-functional and business partner teams to make decisions and drive results.
  
• Growth/Digital Mindset and ability to identify opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Integrity and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations.
  

Job specific requirements:

• Knowledge and use of SAP
  
• Experience in financial analysis, planning and cost controlling.
  
• Should have led a team successfully in current/previous responsibilities.
  
• Ability to influence decision-making and strong business partnering skills.
  
• Demonstrate strong communication skills
  
• The ideal candidate should minimum 10 years work experience in a Manufacturing environment (preference will be Plant Controlling finance roles)
  

You will:

• Manage finance planning and performance management processes and related financial decisions potentially including strategic plan and annual contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modelling and decision support for a manufacturing plant, plant cluster or hub.
  
• Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in the manufacturing plant. You will also ensure that policies are understood in the organization and that proper controls and compliance are in place.
  
• Partner with plant management to provide critical financial perspective and insight for business strategies and decisions. You will also monitor and adjust execution of actions.
  
• Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Finance team.
  
• Build a high-performing Finance team. You will also recruit and develop Finance talent and drive our Finance talent agenda with a focus on Supply Chain/plant controlling.