Commercial Finance Manager at Dragnet Nigeria

Responsibilities
Financials Forecast:

• Preparation of standard financial reporting package for the group
• Annual budgeting/forecasting
• Management of AnP budget in conjunction with the Marketing team
• Management of incentives budget in conjunction with the Sales team
• Management of sales team performance review

Commercial Analysis:

• Conduct regular analysis of penetration levels, retention, and re-order patterns, in key/strategic channels, versus prior year and goals
• Preparation of ad-hoc analytics and business cases to support brand-related commercial decisions (e.g. price changes, product/range extensions, etc)
• Tracking of internal and external trends, including summarization of topline insights, in support of general monthly updates and brand performance reviews
• Oversight of Net Sales & Net Net Sales month-end processes
• Delivery of high-level insights and commentary on financial and business drivers

Pricing and revenue margin management:

• Help set, monitor and govern brand pricing strategy with the marketing team
• Own quarterly pricing compliance checkpoints on behalf of NBV with the RGM team
• Identify and implement revenue optimization opportunities
• Management of value chains for margin analysis
• Cost/benefit analysis of incentive offerings

Skills required:

• Highly analytical, with the ability to use the power of facts to bring insight make clear finance recommendations and commercial decisions;
• Ability to confidently interact with non-finance departments, understanding their key requirements and tailoring financial data to satisfy these requirements;
• Strong influencing skills, proactive in challenging and influencing the business based on insight, knowledge and fact;
• Ability to understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective;
• Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams simultaneously;
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels;
• Strong accounting & reporting skills;
• Thorough approach with a high level of accuracy;

Person Specification

• Qualified Accountant
• Personable, with the ability to autonomously interact across the organization delivering a high level of customer service;
• Highly motivated;
• Previous experience required in a listed organization/MNC
• Accountable and takes responsibility for own outputs;
• Openness to growth and change combined with good relationship building and communication skills.