Finance Head – Non Alcoholic Beverage

Finance Head – Non Alcoholic Beverage Location: Kiambu County Role Summary We are looking for a Value Stream Finance Head  - Beverages  to optimize costs, Plan, Implement, Manage and run all financial activities of Value Stream including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and negotiations. Key Responsibilities • Prepare Cost Benefit Analysis for any new Capex proposed by various departments in concurrence with Head of Operations and ensure investments are submitted to BOD along with CBA. • Prepare and update costing sheet for products/SKUs and share on weekly basis • Analyze Management Accounts line by line and provide observations and recommendations to BOD & HODs for implementation. • Keep a check on input cost related to manufacturing and assist Head of Operations by providing facts and figures for reducing TOTAL COST of PRODUCTION. • Participate in procurement decisions related to purchase of RAW material for Value Stream. • Monitor BOM on daily basis & highlight anomalies to relevant Production Leads and seek clarification. • Plan, Implement, Manage and run all financial activities of Value Stream including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and negotiations. • Reduce Debtors cycle by ensuring timely issuance of credit notes by coordinating with Sales team and Audit team. • Increase focus on credit worthy customer segments through Sales Head, prepare and implement customer incentive schemes for acceleration/on -time payment. • Provide Impact Analysis for all marketing expenses, price increase/decrease and promotions. • Ensure adherence to contracts and agreements by suppliers & sales channels as per company policy and record keeping including Bank Guarantees from customers. • Responsible for ensuring timely Cash in -Cash out through Sales & Production teams, monitor debtors/creditors on daily basis. • Liaise & work closely with Treasury Team and Finance and Accounts team for smooth cash flow management • Prepare priority list for payments to be made based on collection reports from debt collection team along with procurement • Prepare financial forecasting and budgets (annual & 13 -week rollover) related to Value Stream under guidance of CFO to ensure alignment with Group Level Financial goals. • Prepare P&L for Value Stream, Brand P&L, Customer P&L, Channel P&L and provide financial inputs to Head of Operations for P&L profitability. Requirements Experience: • 10 -12 years, with at least 8 years in Non Alcoholic Beverage Industry. • Product Costing : Detailed Cost sheet preparation • Variance analysis between standard cost and actual Cost • Knowledge of working in SAP (HANA) is highly desired. • Review of BOM in SAP • Knowledge of SAP CO and PP Module