Commercial Finance Manager at Mondelez International

Job Number: 1904129
Location: Lagos
Job: Commercial Finance
Schedule: Full-time

Key Accountabilities

• The Commercial Finance Manager is responsible for all financial matters for the sales team in West Africa.
• He/ she is closely integrated in the day-to-day operations and the “go-to” person for all financial matters relating to this business.

Key elements of the position are:

• Responsible for all financial matter: with main focus on Sales Controlling.
• Provide financial analysis and decision support to the Managing director, the sales and category team and counsel them on financial matters;
• Drive initiatives to improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization,
• Prepare in-depth & insightful analysis of actual results, including identification of opportunities and risks; submit commentaries/analytics ;
• Implement appropriate spending and budgetary controls for A&C expenditures and review spending requests.
• Distributor management and RTM financial analysis and reporting by channel/ RTM model
• Profitability and KPI scorecard tracking e.g. DSO to drive business improvement
• Distributor financial scorecard tracking and review to support on-going customer performance assessment and appropriate compensation and incentive design
• Ensure the business complies with the executed Commercial policy
• Manage banking relationship on behalf of the distributors
• Revenue management and planning for distributor business and ensure timely decisions and corrective actions to address opportunities & risks
• Trade spend efficiency evaluation to ensure optimal investment decision making
• Strategic investment decision support to the Sales team in assessment of new customers/ business opportunities, new RTM/ business model analysis etc.
• Transfer finance knowledge to sales teams, coach and improve financial acumen of sales management team

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent with min 7 years’ experience in Commercial finance
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work as a team player in a cross-functional / international environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
• Knowledge of how different functions and levels interact to achieve objectives ;
• Handling complexity and transform complex issues to understandable structures;
• Strong communication skills
• Proven track record of self-management and time management. Proven drive for results ;
• Functional/ Technical Skills : SAP
• Fluent in English (Oral and Written).