Finance Governance Lead at the Coca-Cola Company - 3 Openings

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Governance Lead

Locations: Ikeja - Lagos, Benin - Edo and Kano

Job Description

• 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.

Your Key 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
Is This You?

• 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
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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