Finance Head – Non Alcoholic Beverage
Location: Kiambu County
Role Summary
We are looking for a Value Stream Finance Head - Beverages to optimize costs, Plan, Implement, Manage and run all financial activities of Value Stream including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and negotiations.
Key Responsibilities
• Prepare Cost Benefit Analysis for any new Capex proposed by various departments in concurrence with Head of Operations and ensure investments are submitted to BOD along with CBA.
• Prepare and update costing sheet for products/SKUs and share on weekly basis
• Analyze Management Accounts line by line and provide observations and recommendations to BOD & HODs for implementation.
• Keep a check on input cost related to manufacturing and assist Head of Operations by providing facts and figures for reducing TOTAL COST of PRODUCTION.
• Participate in procurement decisions related to purchase of RAW material for Value Stream.
• Monitor BOM on daily basis & highlight anomalies to relevant Production Leads and seek clarification.
• Plan, Implement, Manage and run all financial activities of Value Stream including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and negotiations.
• Reduce Debtors cycle by ensuring timely issuance of credit notes by coordinating with Sales team and Audit team.
• Increase focus on credit worthy customer segments through Sales Head, prepare and implement customer incentive schemes for acceleration/on-time payment.
• Provide Impact Analysis for all marketing expenses, price increase/decrease and promotions.
• Ensure adherence to contracts and agreements by suppliers & sales channels as per company policy and record keeping including Bank Guarantees from customers.
• Responsible for ensuring timely Cash in-Cash out through Sales & Production teams, monitor debtors/creditors on daily basis.
• Liaise & work closely with Treasury Team and Finance and Accounts team for smooth cash flow management
• Prepare priority list for payments to be made based on collection reports from debt collection team along with procurement
• Prepare financial forecasting and budgets (annual & 13-week rollover) related to Value Stream under guidance of CFO to ensure alignment with Group Level Financial goals.
• Prepare P&L for Value Stream, Brand P&L, Customer P&L, Channel P&L and provide financial inputs to Head of Operations for P&L profitability.
Experience:
• 10-12 years, with at least 8 years in Non Alcoholic Beverage Industry.
• Product Costing : Detailed Cost sheet preparation
• Variance analysis between standard cost and actual Cost
• Knowledge of working in SAP (HANA) is highly desired.
• Review of BOM in SAP
• Knowledge of SAP CO and PP Module