Finance Governance Lead at Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company - 3 Openings

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.

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Job Title: Finance Governance Lead

Locations: Ikeja - Lagos, Benin - Edo & Challawa - Kano (Hybrid)

Job Summary

• The role is responsible for overseeing plant processes and controls, providing on-site support, guidance and ensuring adherence to CCHBC’s ’s end-to-end supply chain operational processes.
• Role holder will work with plant leadership team to strengthen the control of the environment and drive compliance in line with laid out internal processes and policy.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for plant colleagues regarding guidance on processes and ensuring the right process is followed and necessary approval is sought on varied plant activities.
• Promptly follow-up on open audit points and ensure that audit recommendations are implemented. In addition, act as SPOC during audit and internal control testing at the plant.
• Coordinate monthly plant audit committee reports and update the Head Office on remediation status
• Ensure strong governance over asset management by ensuring compliance with CCH policies on tagging, verification, disposal, and inter-plant transfers. This includes validating proper authorization, documentation, and SAP updates while ensuring strict adherence to security controls to prevent unauthorized asset movements. To provide oversight on quarterly impairment assessments, ensuring compliance with CCHBC Asset Policy and proactively identifying risks before audits.
• Oversee the control framework for raw material and inventory management, ensuring that all processes comply with company policies and industry standards. This includes verifying that inventory levels are accurately recorded and monitored, ensuring proper documentation and approval for any adjustments.  This  identifying and managing risks related to inventory discrepancies, implementing controls to prevent fraud or mismanagement. The Governance Lead will also ensure that any discrepancies or risks identified are escalated for prompt resolution, maintaining the integrity of inventory management without direct involvement in day-to-day operations.
• The Governance Lead will ensure adherence to policies and controls related to long-outstanding Goods in Transit (GIT) for spare parts, finished goods, and raw materials by establishing and maintaining robust governance routines.
• Participate in stock counts, ensuring compliance with inventory policies and accurate balance reporting.
• Oversight of sundry sales tracking within the plant and depots— including sugar bags, empty drums, bad pallets, used IBC tanks, scrap materials, and metals— to ensure compliance with billing processes and proper asset disposal exit approvals at the plant.
• Provide governance oversight by ensuring adherence to established policies and procedures, and escalate relevant updates to the finance team as needed.
• Support the finance team on any delegate ad hoc task as it may be related to plant presence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 4-6 years of experience in finance or operations (process-oriented roles).
• Good knowledge of CCHBC SOPs and policies as well as IFRS and local accounting regulations.
• Good use of SAP, EDGE and other internal systems.
• Professional certification (e.g., ICAN, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent qualification is an asset.
• Strong data & analytical skills with the ability to provide variance analysis and insights.
• Ability to think logically and communicate complex processes with clarity and simplicity
• Knowledge and interpretation of policies, processes, procedures and systems
• Leadership and influencing skills

Application Closing Date
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