Sales Finance Analyst Job at Guinness Nigeria Plc

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Job Title: Sales Finance Analyst

AutoReqId: 40802BR

Location: Nigeria

Function: Finance

Type of Job: Full Time – Exempt

Level: L6 M3

Reports To: Sales Finance Manager

Employer: Guinness Nigeria Plc (a Diageo company / Diageo Plc)

Guinness Nigeria is part of Diageo Africa, which is part of Key Markets and is a fully integrated, publicly quoted, Manufacturer and Seller/Marketing company of Guinness Products. The major brands are: Guinness FES, GES, Malta Guinness, Harp, Smirnoff Ice, Satzenbrau, Armstrong, Gordon Spark and Top Malt.

DBN: Spirit brands – Baileys Irish Cream,, J WLKR Red, J WLKR Black, Gordon's Dry Gin, Captain Morgan, Premix and Smirnoff Ice Vodka.

Purpose of Role: To deliver against the strategic intent of Guinness Nigeria and DBN Finance as it relates to embedding Financial Decision Support in Sales and Customer Marketing Leadership and

Key Accountabilities:

•   Assist the Sales Finance Manager to deliver decision support function within Sales:

•   Establish Decision Support as a business partner creating effective relationships with other functions

•   Deliver appropriate financial analysis on a project by project basis

•   Ensure buy-in and commitment of IMC members to ensure best use of DSMs as Business Partners by departments.

•   Work with the Sales team to ensure decisions are made with a full understanding of the financial implications.

•   Assist the sales team in analysing Distributors' profitability.

•   Provide financial and commercial input to investment/resource allocation decisions within the departments as required.

•   Skill, Qualification and Experience required:

•   Graduate calibre in a finance related discipline with at least 2 years' experience gained in a Sales Finance role

•   Commercially aware and articulate

•   Proven ability to persuade, influence and build credibility across the functions

•   Analytical and logical

•   Ability to base decisions on facts

•   Flexible and able to adapt readily to a changing environment

•   Proficient use of Microsoft suite especially Excel

Barriers to Success in Role:

•   Inability to model financial implications of various scenarios required for decision making on a timely basis.

•   Inability to fully engage and influence the Sales and Customer Marketing team and gain their alignment on Measurement and Evaluation

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