Job Vacancies @ British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) – 2 Positions

Job ID 48107
Location: Lagos / Ibadan - Oyo
Seniority Level: Middle Management
Reports To: Finance Controller
Function: Finance

Description

• BAT Nigeria is looking for several finance professionals with 5-7 years experince in operations / supply chain, commerical and corporate finance who will join the finance function within the west and central africa area.

Role Positioning And Objectives

• This role’s day-to-day focus is on working with key stakeholders within the business to lead analysis and discussions that enable key business decision making.
• This includes analysis of the business and understanding of the key business drivers that will help deliver robust and agile financial forecasting, reporting, and meaningful analysis to senior stakeholders.
• With a responsibility for the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow, this role is key in ensuring our current year, rolling forecast, and sensitivity analysis is robust, pressure tested, and able to be presented to the business to facilitate resource allocation.
• Ensure plans are in line with the Company's Statement of Business Conduct, Financial standards, SOX requirements etc. Scope of the role are markets within West and Central Africa.

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What You Will Be Accountable For

• Ensure that book-keeping practices and recording of business transactions adheres to GAAP and relevant IFRS.
• Control and ensure delivery of accurate financial information (Budgets, Forecasts and Actual results), in line with group accounting principles. Utilise key insights to identify and assess strategic proposals and to direct informed business decisions.
• Manage all aspects of financial environment, including cost centre control.
• Manage any issues that exist, or escalate as appropriate, for the external reporting of information
• Develop and drive efficiency improvements, based on best practice and in line with group standardisation.
• Act as escalation point for local team with Global Business Services (GBS) to ensure delivery of information is on-time in full (OTIF), and all issues are resolved
• Ensure entity / functional compliance with local laws and regulations (including tax, minority interests, external regulatory reporting)
• To provide input to the strategic decision making such as on pricing and investment appraisal
• To provide management with financial information and Key Performance Indicators on commercial plans and activities, to facilitate effective decision making and improve efficiency and effectiveness of spend.
• To participate in the decision-making process bringing financial / business focus on key issues for consideration.
• To increase the level of financial/commercial awareness with relevant stakeholders.
• To assist management with the development and implementation of practical procedures that ensure a high level of internal control exists.
• To undertake analysis of competitors information that is publicly available.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of expenditure/ spend using practical financial analysis tools developed either locally or developed by the Centre.
• Support the Head of Finance / Function (as appropriate) with all ad-hoc requirements, including but not limited to strategy, internal financial communication, and delivery against key priorities

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or any other business-related field.
• Qualified accountant (ICAN, ACCA, CIMA) will be an added advantage.
• 5-7 years’ work experience in Operations / Supply Chain Finance, Marketing/ Corporate Finance.
• A highly commercial approach.
• Proven and strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Able to see the bigger picture and connect the interdependencies between commercial decisions, and other aspects of the company.
• Capable of analysing financial impact of commercial strategies but also able to demonstrate the need for, and ensure implementation of, appropriate systems and controls
• Strong IT skills (Ms. Excel, Word and PowerPoint, SAP).

Salary Range
Competitive salary + excellent benefits + market leading bonus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job ID: 48129
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Function: Operations
Reports To: IWS Manager

Role Positioning And Objectives

• To deploy Autonomous Maintenance (AM) across the site in pursuance of the IWS phase progression agenda. To guide and coach operating teams in the AM methodology starting from AM step 1 to step 7 ensuring the right systems, knowledge and behaviours are imbedded within the line teams.

What You Will Be Accountable For
Business:
Deploy Autonomous Maintenance (AM) across site:

• Execute strategic deployment of AM across A&B ranked lines
• Support phase progression by building AM capabilities in operating teams
• Work with line managers to understand, track, and close AM knowledge gaps per individual across all A& B ranked lines
• Engage and manage suppliers to deliver required AM infrastructure to deliver required results
• Participate in shift DDS to help capability building
• Reapply AM learnings to all planned modules to accelerate performance
• Give regular AM deployment and performance update to IWS manager

Ownership and rigorous application of AM DMS’s, standards and tools:

• Drive capability improvement of line teams in the execution of AM standards (CIL, DH, and CL)
• Support elimination of source of contamination required for passing AM step 2
• Act as SPOC to PM pillar when required in AM step 3 and beyond
• Drive compliance and usage of AM board as required
• Coach and drive compliance to OPL creation and usage

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People:

• Drive the required equipment ownership behaviours amongst line teams by consistent coaching of AM principles and tools
• Support Equipment Owners in developing required standards for their respective equipment’s through coaching during pit stop and utilizing requited tools such as heat maps, transformation maps, lube maps, safety maps,
• Support operators in building technical mastery in fixing defects
• Conduct required trainings to close identified gaps amongst line teams
• Develop organization skills in line with IWS methodology.

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of any manufacturing environment with at least 1-2 years’ experience in a production environment, having built people leadership skills and demonstrated knowledge  of driving continuous improvement methodologies.
• Higher National Diploma or Bachelors of Science / Engineering from a recognised institution.
• Ability to work with data and information
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Power Point skills
• Familiarity with structured problem tools, such as fishbone diagram, 5 why, RCA
• Ability to develop and effectively coach/train Equipment Owners and other technicians.
• Effective at putting new insights into practice and proactively adjusts to new environments.

Salary Range
Competitive salary package + excellent benefits + market leading bonus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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