Nestle Nigeria Plc Vacancy for a Business Unit Controller, January 2015
Nestle Nigeria Plc is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Business Unit Controller
Location: Nigeria
Job Number: 1500002F
Description
- As the leading nutrition, health and wellness company, we are committed to enhancing people’s lives, everywhere, every day.
Business Unit Controller
- As a business unit controller, you are a co-pilot to the Business Manager.
- You provide insight and support through a fact based decision
making process based on current business environment & specialist
financial knowledge and by challenging new strategies & new
projects, as well as the status quo.
Responsibilities
- Participate actively in the strategy development and provide associated scenario planning
- Ensure quality financial information is used by the business for
decision making and that potential risks and opportunities are
anticipated and understood. Promote use of external & internal
information for benchmarking
- Analyze and challenge product portfolio to identify cost
optimization opportunities, eliminate Value Destroyers and maximize the
return on investment from Total Trade Spend / Product Fixed Marketing
Expenses (including revised pricing structure/prices) and from the
capital asset base
- Active role in people development and succession planning across
Nestlé in the Market. Ensure a solid understanding of the value
creation framework among the non-finance experts
- Review monthly performance and identify areas of risk to achievement of targets and forecasts and develop/follow up action plans
- Facilitate the Dynamic Forecast process. Key player in the
Monthly Business Planning Process, providing transparency and direction
towards target achievement at any time in the process
Entry Requirements
- At least 3 years Prior experience in Accounting / Finance function (e.g. Sales, Factory or Supply Chain Controller)
- Good Communicator, both orally and written
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good organizational and planning skills
- Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Business / Finance / Accountancy (Minimum of Second Class)
- Thoroughly versed in and able to solidly apply local tax laws
and regulation as well as legal requirements related to financial and
administrative matters
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline 12th January, 2015.