Purchase to Pay Lead, Nigeria at Unilever

Job Requisition ID: R-62945

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

• As a member of the Finance Function, you are responsible to the Financial Controller for the efficient management of local suppliers.
• Responsible for payments to suppliers as stipulated in the contracts signed by Unilever   and the Supplier.
• Exploit IT systems (Fourth Shift Excel etc) to track suppliers invoices up to payment/filing stage.
• Reconciliation of suppliers’ accounts.

Main Accountabilities

• Payments to suppliers
• Ensure suppliers are paid within agreed credit terms.
• Identify and address any weakness in the creditor management and accounts payable process
• Reconciliation of suppliers accounts
• Ensure suppliers accounts are reconciled monthly   
• Issues arising are cleared by end of following month.
• Ensure the dividend account is reconciled monthly and issues resolved promptly.

Results:

• Make sure all major expenditures are captured in the month in which they occur.
• Ensure accruals are made for services rendered without invoices at month ends.
• Provide credible OCF forecast for creditors.
• Ensure a follow up on stale and unpresented cheques.
• Oversee the reconciliation and clearing of long outstanding of IOU’s on the advance account.
• Ensure that the unvouchered account is reconciled at month end.

Functional Skills
Decision Support:

• Identify and Frame the Issue
• Structure & Integrate Information
• Model & Analyse Data
• Recommend, Communicate and Act on Findings
• Employ Effective Partnering Skills

Steering Business Performance:

• Set Goals
• Create Plans
• Manage Forecasting Process
• Allocate Resources
• Measure Business Performance
• Align Rewards

Information Management:

• Engage with Businesses to create pull for information
• Create and manage common information management platforms
• Manage Information Operations

Financial Transaction Processing:

• Implement Transaction Processing Systems
• Operate Accounting system
• Generate Routine Accounting Records and Financial Reports
• Manage in-house and Outsourced Financial Shared Services (FSS)
• Provide Financial Shared Services

Financial Accounting:

• Determine and apply correct accounting treatments
• Manage Financial Reporting
• Manage external reporting and audit

Corporate Governance:

• Uphold Fiduciary Responsibilities
• Establish Financial/Holding Structures and Policies

Risk Management & Internal Controls:

• Identify & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks
• Manage Financial Internal Control Systems and Policies
• Manage Operational Internal Control Systems and Policies
• Conduct Audits

Treasury Management:

• Establish Optimal Financial Structures
• Manage Cash
• Manage Financial Risks
• Maintain Banking Relations
• Manage Pensions Investments
• Manage Insurance and Risk Control Programme

Taxation:

• Execute Tax Strategy
• Manage Tax Risk and Tax Reporting
• Manage Fiscal Relations
• Uphold Integrity in Tax Matters

Acquisitions, Alliances and Divestments:

• Identify Opportunities & Candidates
• Evaluate Options
• Execute A&D
• Manage Completion and Post Completion Activities
• Build Alliances

Investor Relations:

• Understand Financial Markets: trends, organization and operations
• Analyse Unilever, Industry and Competitors
• Manage Communication effectively.
• Manage Relationships & Programs

General Skills

• Business Strategy and Formulation
• Business Planning and Implementation
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Business Process Design and Management
• Information Management
• Application and Exploitation of Information Technology
• Negotiation