Assistant Finance Business Partner, West Africa at Unilever Nigeria Plc

Unilever Nigeria Plc - Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant Finance Business Partner, West Africa

Job ID: R-55533
Location: Lagos
Category: Finance

Main Job Purpose

• To ensure the business gets efficient return on all marketing investments through detailed review of justification of spends, aggressive pre and post evaluation of Brand and Customer marketing expenditure; enforce the accurate booking, reporting and control of Brand Marketing Investment; and support the Finance Business Partner-Analytics in result commentaries and performance analysis across West Africa.

Job Summary

• Standardize BMI spend evaluation process and ensure all marketing activities are pre & post evaluated against agreed KPIs.
• Ensure up to date documentation on all Brand and Customer Marketing briefs, Pre & Post Evaluations.
• Drive Return on marketing investments (ROMI) framework for the total business.
• Assist Finance Business Partners in review and analysis of promotional briefs before signing off.
• Act as key contact for Brand & Marketing Investment (BMI) data and act as department expert on BMI.
• Respond to queries on BMI, including ad hoc analysis.
• Balance Sheet Review: Reconcile all balance sheet accounts relating to BMI.
• Prepare comprehensive monthly BMI commentary for both Actuals and Forecast and key highlights on revised full year forecast and phasing for use by Category Teams and Marketing Leadership Team.
• Ensure smooth month end closure on all BMI accounts.
• Provide timely input on BMI full year forecast to Reporting Accountant.
• Ensure all BMI process documentation are up to date.
• Control BMI budget to ensure actual spend is in line with approved amount.
• Enforces governance process around Brand and Marketing Investment Accounting.
• Ensures data accuracy and general ledger integrity in the posting and reconciliation of BMI Activities.
• BMI Analytics: Mines data to identify trends in performance and structure of spend (A/P/POS) and share value adding insights with Category Teams.
• Ensure the business delivers on agreed ROMI targets (e.g., non-working media target)
• Ensures procurement of all promotional and marketing items are channelled through centralized Procurement buying process, as defined in the “No PO, No Pay” Policy.
• Prepares decision support information for Brand Building Managers to aid efficient use of promotion budget.
• Ad hoc analysis on historic data in ERP.
• Continuous training of business partners to boost finance knowledge.
• Takes responsibility for own development.

Key Requirements

• A graduate of any relevant discipline (Economics, Accountancy, Business Administration)
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience is required.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP and Excel
• Good communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Proactive attitude and ability to work with minimal supervision within a team.

Key Environment

• Internal - Marketing and Sales teams, MLT, FLT, interfaces across Finance, IT, Customer Service
• External - Regional Contacts, Controllers team.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.