Cadbury NIgeria Plc Job for a Finance Reporting Manager
Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by
Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in
the world after Wrigley's (which was acquired by Mars, Inc. in 2008,
making Mars the world's largest confectionery company). Cadbury is
headquartered in
Uxbridge in Greater London and operates in more than
fifty countries worldwide.
Job Title: Finance Reporting Manager
Job Number: 1701661
Description
The Finance Reporting Analyst coordinates and manages financial
reporting activities and US GAAP reporting during month-end close
processes for the business in West Africa. This entails implementing and
maintaining the financial reporting processes and procedures to an
acceptable standard in conformity with the group reporting Calendar,
applicable Mondelez policies including Company local policies and US
GAAP reporting requirements
Key Accountabilities Include:
- Lead the Monthly and Quarterly close process by tracking all month
end closing activities through SAP and Reporting same using OPAL, FIT
and HFM reporting tool
- Ownership and effective coordination of Shared Services team
handling the GL interfaces with OPAL/COPA Reporting Interface tools and
Monthly FICO (Financial Accounting/Controlling) reconciliations
- Preparation of year end accounts in line with US GAAP and liaising with external and group auditors as required
- Liaise with E & Y Tax team to compile and present quarterly tax
reporting schedule on Global Access Model (GAM) and reconciliation in US
GAAP books (HFM Reporting tool)
- Coaching, training and mentoring of all RTR shared services support
staff in remote locations and acting as the first point of contact to
resolve all escalated critical reporting issues beyond the capabilities
of the remote shared services support partners.
- Act as the RTR SME on ground to resolve all escalated intercompany
and US GAAP reporting issues and follow up with other local stakeholders
within the business until issues noted are resolved.
- Maintain good working relationship with regional and corporate controlling teams.
- Provide accurate and timely financial information in HFM Reporting
application in line with group reporting deadlines on a monthly basis
including detailed Trial balance reviews covering all areas of revenue,
cost of sales, expenses and Fixed Assets, restructuring cost, taxes and
other BOI costs.
- Supervises the Process of monthly Financial Reporting through
shared services support partners using the Hyperion Financial
Intelligence Tool (FIT), Hyperion Financial Management tool (HFM) and
monthly reconciliations of the numbers reported in HFM to SAP
- Perform key balance sheet reconciliation tasks on Blackline tool and SAP ERP Software on a monthly basis
- Coordinate all intercompany processes such as billings, payments,
resolution of IC related issues and Reconciliation of all Intercompany
accounts with all trading partners on a monthly basis
- Coordinate and manage the preparation and timely submission of
monthly and quarterly Flash & Actual reporting to the region/group
for global consolidation
Qualifications
- University degree in Finance or related field
- Professional accounting qualification (CFA, ACCA, ACA) is mandatory
- Proficiency in Microsoft office suite and sound financial accounting knowledge
- Sound working knowledge of SAP and proficiency in HFM, OPAL & FIT
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience, 2 years of which must be in
middle/senior level working on US GAAP reporting and shared services
support partners.
- FMCG experience is desirable
How to Apply