Senior Manufacturing Finance Analyst at Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company

Coca-Cola HBC (Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company) is a bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola HBC is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Athens Exchange. The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and operates in more than 200 countries.

Life at Coca-Cola HBC is fast-paced and challenging, with fair rewards and exciting learning opportunities. We promote an inclusive workplace, value diverse views and opinions and always appoint the best person for the job, ensuring equality in our shortlists and appointments. Take up the challenge. Join us!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Finance Analyst

Location: Nigeria (On-Site)

About The Job

• The Senior Finance Analyst – Manufacturing is responsible for delivering sharp financial insights, driving performance on key cost buckets, and enabling operational excellence across plants. 
• This role supports plant leadership and supply chain finance in delivering on productivity, optimizing material usage, and increasing end-to-end transparency on cost of goods sold (COGS). 
• The analyst shall support the Manufacturing Finance Manager and support the planning, control, tracking and reporting of accurate financial information relating to the manufacturing area of the supply chain.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance lead for select plants, participating in plant reviews, RCA sessions, and continuous improvement meetings.
• Build strong relationships with Plant Managers, Production Managers, and SC Continuous Improvement Leads to align operational priorities and productivity initiatives.
• Translate financial outcomes into operational actions and vice versa for guidance to plant operations team
• Provide SC finance excellence support by driving value reporting and process improvement initiatives.
• Manage the BU Business loss tracking and follow up on reviews actions for implementation of resulting remedial action.
• Lead financial planning and performance tracking of COGS, raw and packaging materials, indirect materials, across plants.
• Deliver timely and insightful variance analysis (price, volume, yield, mix) to explain plant performance vs Budget and Forecast.
• Perform Cost deep dive and provide insight for decision support.
• Support material requirement planning (MRP) through financial validation and linkage to production plans.
• Quantify demurrage, obsolescence, shrinkage, and losses, driving root cause analysis and action plans with Plant and Procurement teams.
• Partner with plants to manage and track indirect materials (chemicals, consumables, spares) and drive value-for-money usage.
• Improve visibility and control over production overheads, including maintenance, utilities, and other indirect cost lines.
• Ensure robust financial controls across manufacturing processes — including BOM accuracy, GRIR clearing, inventory valuation, and stock movement monitoring.
• Lead and support month-end closing activities related to production and material costs (journal reviews, accruals, cost allocations).
• Provide periodic analysis on total BU SC cost per case by region, by plant by lines and by SKU.

Is This You?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field. MBA or professional certification (ACCA, CFA, CIMA) is a plus.
• 5-7 years of experience in supply chain finance, FP&A, or finance transformation roles. Core operations experience is an added advantage
• Strong expertise in SAP and analytical tools for financial analysis and reporting.
• Ability to identify cost inefficiencies, improve transparency, and drive impactful change.
• Strong competencies in supply chain operations.
• Solution and continuous improvement mindset.
• Passion to take new challenges and huddle through for results; bias for action
• High proficiency in data analysis, cost optimization, and financial modeling.
• Ability to influence senior colleagues to achieve desired outcomes

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2025.