Guinness Nigeria Plc Job Update for an Operations Finance Manager

Guinness Nigeria Plc is part of the Diageo Africa and the No. 1 market globally by volume on Brand Guinness. Guinness Nigeria is a focused business unit that delivers significant volume and profit to Diageo (parent company). Consumer planning has a critical role and responsibility for proactively identifying and driving consumer insights into the business.
Over the last three years the Consumer Planning and Research team has been transformed within the Diageo business moving away from research orientation towards planning with focus on pro-activity, research to drive growth, and actionable consumer understanding and insights.

We are recruiting for the position of:

Job Title: Operations Finance Manager

AutoReqId: 35833BR
Reports To: Supply Finance Director
Context/Scope:
Supply Chain is critical to enable high levels of growth - through exemplary service to our customers, by maximising the value of our assets and investments, by protecting the reputation of our business and brands, enabling innovation, and developing the capability of our people.

Purpose of Role

• The Operations Finance Manager will provide financial leadership, Controls, and commercial drive across our breweries as well as provide key support to Plant managers and key stakeholders in the execution of transformational change.

• The role holder holds a significant level of leadership responsibility with:
• Three (3) direct reports and a team of seven (7) people and strong functional influence locally and across Supply Operations and Finance.
• Key roles in Commercial leadership team, Supply Leadership team and Brewery leadership teams. 
• Building and reinforcing the financial management, controls, reporting & performance capability of brewery supply finance teams across the Guinness Nigeria Plc’s three (3) breweries.
• Ability to deputise for the Supply Finance Director at all levels

• Proactively identifying potential areas of strategic and tactical opportunity in addition to working with the Brewery and Supply leadership teams to develop beneficial actions for the business.
• Ensure world class product costing systems and variance reports are in place across breweries which will create greater awareness and timely interventions based on robust information.
• Ensure Controls and Risk Management (CARM) standards are adhered to in a sustainable way across the breweries.
• Ensure that world class Business Performance Measurement (BPM), Risk &Opportunities (R & O) and strategic planning processes are in operation at our breweries and supply chain function.
• Provide commercial and analytical support to all key decisions in breweries
• Support key business projects from inception through delivery – providing both financial and general business ideas, advice, support and controls.

• Graduate calibre with minimum 8 years post qualification commercial financial experience within FMCG, with a proven track record of practical application of broad based financial skills alongside in depth operational knowledge.
• Ability to effectively engage Senior Business leaders with highly effective communication skills.
• Extensive project management skills, both as a leader and key team member.
• Strong background in continuous improvement and exposure to implementing best practice in operation and financial management.
• Professional qualification is mandatory (ICAN/ACCA/ACA)
• Proficient SAP and strong excel modelling expertise is a mandatory
• Knowledge of the Manufacturing/Supply environment would be an added advantage

• Inability to travel occassionally.
• Inability to adopt and deploy a range of influencing styles to build positive relationships across a broad and diverse organisation.
• Inability to challenge status quo 
• Inability to build relationships across a wide range of cross functional stakeholders
• Lack of understanding of the commercial & supply agenda within the business