Finance Job Vacancies at Cadbury NIgeria Plc.

Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Wrigley's (which was acquired by Mars, Inc. in 2008, making Mars the world's largest confectionery company). Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge in Greater London and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide.

FINANCE REPORTING MANAGER
JOB NUMBER: 1701661

DESCRIPTION

The Finance Reporting Analyst coordinates and manages financial reporting activities and US GAAP reporting during month-end close processes for the business in West Africa. This entails implementing and maintaining the financial reporting processes and procedures to an acceptable standard in conformity with the group reporting Calendar, applicable Mondelez policies including Company local policies and US GAAP reporting requirements

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE:
Lead the Monthly and Quarterly close process by tracking all month end  closing activities through SAP and Reporting same using OPAL, FIT and HFM reporting tool
Ownership and effective coordination of Shared Services team handling the GL interfaces with OPAL/COPA Reporting Interface tools and Monthly FICO (Financial Accounting/Controlling) reconciliations
Provide accurate and timely financial information in HFM Reporting application in line with group reporting deadlines on a monthly basis including detailed Trial balance reviews covering all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and Fixed Assets, restructuring cost, taxes and other BOI costs.
Supervises the Process of  monthly Financial Reporting through shared services support partners using the Hyperion Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT), Hyperion Financial Management tool (HFM) and monthly reconciliations of the numbers reported in HFM to SAP
Perform key balance sheet reconciliation tasks on Blackline tool and SAP ERP Software on a monthly basis
Coordinate all intercompany processes such as billings, payments, resolution of IC related issues and Reconciliation of all Intercompany accounts with all trading partners  on a monthly basis
Coordinate and manage the preparation and timely submission of monthly and quarterly Flash & Actual reporting to the region/group for global consolidation
Preparation of year end accounts in line with US GAAP and liaising with external and group auditors as required
Liaise with E & Y Tax team to compile and present quarterly tax reporting schedule on Global Access Model (GAM) and reconciliation in US GAAP books (HFM Reporting tool)
Coaching, training and mentoring of all RTR shared services support staff in remote locations and acting as the first point of contact to resolve all escalated critical reporting issues beyond the capabilities of the remote shared services support partners.
Act as the RTR SME on ground to resolve all escalated intercompany and US GAAP reporting issues and follow up with other local stakeholders within the business until issues noted are resolved.
Maintain good working relationship with regional and corporate controlling teams.

QUALIFICATIONS
University degree in Finance or related field
Professional accounting qualification (CFA, ACCA, ACA) is mandatory
Proficiency in Microsoft office suite and sound financial accounting knowledge
Sound working knowledge of SAP and proficiency in HFM, OPAL & FIT
Minimum of 8 years’ experience, 2 years of which must be in middle/senior level working on US GAAP reporting and shared services support partners.
FMCG experience is desirable
Job: Finance Management

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