Commercial Finance Officer

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide business partnering to the commercial teams in all its initiatives and activities.
• Manage and report on A&P spending.
• Execute control & tracking of promotion discounts to customers.
• Provide analysis to support the team on all S&OP and sales forecast processes.
• Provide data and analysis for all commercial projects, innovations, and promotions initiatives/activities.
• Support the commercial team to ensure their strategy & plans are aligned with Finance plans and track delivery to ensure is in line with the plan.
• Provide analysis to help drive & track commercial performance to ensure that it is in line with plans and commitment/forecast/outlook.
• Provide analysis and data to support and manage the business trade term with its partners.
• Monitor and track trade value chain to guide internal pricing and promo decisions/initiatives.
• Provide periodic analysis and improvement initiatives on customer and channel profitability and contribution to the business.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Accounting or related discipline.
• Relevant professional accounting qualifications such as. ACA, ACCA etc.
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience.
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Working knowledge of accounting packages and systems, including SAP.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Good interpersonal relationships and people management skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office tools.