Sales Finance Analyst at Guinness Nigeria Plc

Posted on Thu 03rd Apr, 2014 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (1 comments)

Guinness Nigeria is part of Diageo Africa, which is part of Key Markets and is a fully integrated, publicly quoted, Manufacturer and Seller/Marketing company of Guinness Products. The major brands are: Guinness FES, GES, Malta Guinness, Harp, Smirnoff Ice, Satzenbrau, Armstrong, Gordon Spark and Top Malt.
DBN: Spirit brands – Baileys Irish Cream,, J WLKR Red, J WLKR Black, Gordon’s Dry Gin, Captain Morgan, Premix and Smirnoff Ice Vodka.

Guinness Nigeria Plc - We are continuously interested in talented individuals who want to progress their careers and make a difference to our business.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Sales Finance Analyst

Location: Nigeria

AutoReqId: 40802BR

Level: L6 M3

Reports To: Sales Finance Manager

Purpose of Role
To deliver against the strategic intent of Guinness Nigeria and DBN Finance as it relates to embedding Financial Decision Support in Sales and Customer Marketing Leadership and

Key Accountabilities
Assist the Sales Finance Manager to deliver decision support function within Sales:
  • Establish Decision Support as a business partner creating effective relationships with other functions
  • Deliver appropriate financial analysis on a project by project basis
  • Ensure buy-in and commitment of IMC members to ensure best use of DSMs as Business Partners by departments.
  • Work with the Sales team to ensure decisions are made with a full understanding of the financial implications.
  • Assist the sales team in analysing Distributors’ profitability.
  • Provide financial and commercial input to investment/resource allocation decisions within the departments as required.
Skill, Qualification and Experience required:
  • Graduate calibre in a finance related discipline with at least 2 years’ experience gained in a Sales Finance role
  • Commercially aware and articulate
  • Proven ability to persuade, influence and build credibility across the functions
  • Analytical and logical
  • Ability to base decisions on facts
  • Flexible and able to adapt readily to a changing environment
  • Proficient use of Microsoft suite especially Excel
Barriers to Success in Role
  • Inability to model financial implications of various scenarios required for decision making on a timely basis.
  • Inability to fully engage and influence the Sales and Customer Marketing team and gain their alignment on Measurement and Evaluation
Application Closing Date
17th April, 2014

How To Apply
Interested candidates should
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