Sygen Pharmaceutical Limited (Sygen Pharma) is an innovative branded generics life sciences organisation that was established in March 2019. Sygen Pharma subsequently acquired the assets of Nigerian German Chemicals Plc (NGC); a company that had operated in Nigeria for almost 60 years and has a range of legacy brands with strong residual equity in its product portfolio.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
About the Role
- The Commercial Finance Manager supports profitable growth by delivering high quality financial analysis, forecasting, commercial insight and decision support across the business.
- Working closely with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain, the role provides timely financial information that enables better pricing decisions, improved profitability and stronger commercial performance.
- The role will also support the Head of Commercial Finance & Business Performance in developing a best-in-class Commercial Finance function.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial Performance:
- Prepare weekly and monthly commercial performance reports.
- Analyse revenue, margins, customer profitability and product performance.
- Monitor business performance against budgets and forecasts.
Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Support annual budgeting and rolling forecasts.
- Develop financial models and business cases.
- Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis.
Pricing & Commercial Support:
- Support pricing decisions through margin and profitability analysis.
- Evaluate promotional effectiveness and commercial trade investments.
- Assist with tender pricing and customer profitability reviews.
Business Partnering:
- Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
- Provide financial insight to improve commercial decision-making.
Working Capital:
- Support customer credit management, receivables reporting and inventory analysis.
- Monitor working capital performance and identify improvement opportunities.
Continuous Improvement:
- Improve reporting processes and financial dashboards.
- Support finance transformation initiatives and ERP enhancements.
- Any other duty assigned by the Head, Commercial Finance
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related discipline.
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification preferred.
- Minimum of 5 - 8 years’ experience in commercial finance, FP&A or Business Finance.
- Experience within Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Healthcare or Manufacturing environment preferred
- Strong Excel, ERP (SAP) and financial modelling skills experience
Key Competence:
- Commercial acumen
- Financial analysis
- Planning and forecasting
- Business partnering
- Communication
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Continuous improvement
Success Measures:
- Forecast accuracy
- Reporting quality and timeliness
- Customer and product profitability insights
- Pricing support effectiveness
- Stakeholder satisfaction
- Working capital reporting
- Contribution to commercial performance
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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