Job for a Finance Business Partner at Jumia

Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers. We are currently looking for talented people with a passion for emerging markets and Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey in the position below:     Job Title: Finance Business Partner - Jumia Location: Lagos Job Type: Full time Department: Finance Responsibilities

• As a Finance Business Partner, you will apply a Finance lens and deep understanding of business issues and priorities to form a consolidated view of Jumia Services [Supply Chain Business] performance. The role supports the business by translating this view of performance to provide insights for decision making and ensuring financial implications are integrated into strategic plans and help drive performance improvements whilst maintaining an independent Finance appropriate decision making.

• Partners with the business stakeholders to analyse financial performance and articulate the underlying delivery of actuals vs. latest forecasts on a monthly and provide recommendations and interventions to drive improved performance.
• Timely processing & update of supply chain costs.
• Provide accurate and timely costing information and analysis to drive budget tracking & costs control
• Assist CFO to manage annual budgeting of SC components including supply indirect
• Provide finance business partnering to the supply chain team (make, source, plan & deliver)
• Develop savings & profit targets/ KPIs in line with business objectives and action standards
• Provide financial input into supply chain projects
• Identify key areas of opportunities and improvement gaps
• Prepare activity/ rate calculation for supply indirect, warehousing and freight
• Analyze and report all variances impacting supply chain profitability
• Review the transfer pricing/ costs charges by concerns & 3rd party suppliers
• Monitor & report slow moving and obsolescent stocks
• Co-ordinate & forecast key supply chain cost drivers that impact the financial catchup

• Master’s in finance, Accounting, Economics or similar
• At least 5 years experience of related commercial finance and FP&A work experience preferable in a FMCG company
• Well versed dealing with similar stakeholders from Operations/Supply Chain/Buying.
• Strong Data & Analytics experience - Advanced Excel, VBA/SQL skills required
• Experience with the identification of risks and opportunities in the PnL.
• Experience managing a large and complex set of stakeholders
• Finance Business Partnering experience will be an added advantage
• Experience in Supply Chain Accounting and Controls.
• Experience in annual strategic plan and business planning.

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders.