Financial Planning Manager at Nigerian Bottling Company

Job Reference    FPA/09/2016
Functional areas    Finance
Department    Finance
Job Details   

The Financial Planning Manager reports to the Financial Controller

The key responsibilities of the role are;

• Annual Business Plan Coordination and Submission:
• Leadership of business plan preparation
• Issuance of guidance / timelines to incountry functions inline with corporate guidance;
• Monitor completion of tasks inline with deadlines and flag issues / noncompliance as early as possible, so as to take corrective action to get back on track;
• Issue Senior Management Team with timetable, so a coherent Rolling Estimate (signed off by relevant functional/finance line managers where appropriate) is delivered to them in time to comprehend / query, prior to submission to group
• Balance Sheet Planning and Reporting:Forecast for all planning sessions by issuing guidance to contributors;
• Collate information ensuring sign off by relevant functional / finance line managers where appropriate;
• Issue CFO with timetable, so a coherent Balance Sheet file is delivered in time to comprehend / query, prior to submission to group
• Working Capital Planning and Reporting:Forecast for all planning sessions by issuing guidance to contributors;Collate information ensuring sign off by relevant functional / finance line managers where appropriate;
• Issue CFO with timetable, so a coherent Working Capital file is delivered in time to comprehend / query, prior to submission to group;
• Collate data and report on actual FIControlling and Profitability Analysis coordination and submission:
• Oversee completion of Actual / Rolling Estimate / Annual Business Plan, FICOPA in line with agreed CPA Monitor completion of tasks inline with deadlines and flag issues / noncompliance as early as possible, so as to take corrective action to get back on track

Deck and Template Review:

• Review of Finance Deck / Senior Management Team Deck / Deep Dive / BP Templates prior to issue
• Deep Dive Preparation and Coordination of Meeting:
•  Review of finance / general management areas and coordination of deep dive meeting
• Preparation and distribution of opex deep dive tracker
• Payment approvals and bank transfers
• Adhoc queriesGroup visit / Trend Report
• Compliance with Internal Audit Controls + Requests Liaise with Group Business Planning Manager and Team
• Only candidates who meet the advertised criteria,will be shortlisted and contacted

Education level   

Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, related field or equivalent
Possession of ICAN or ACCA will be an advantage
Experience needed    8
Desired candidate profile  

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, related field or equivalent
• Possession of ICAN or ACCA will be an advantage
• Additional professional degrees in related field will be an advantage
• Minimum of 3 yrs managerial experience in financial planning or related function Analytical proficiency Proficiency in MS Office Suite(Powerpoint, Excel,Word)
• Attention to details
• Proactive in accounting matters with strong analytical, presentation and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of accounting standard

Job location    Head Office