Financial Accountant at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Location: Aba, Abia
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

• The primary purpose of the financial accountant is to ensure accurate, timely and complete end-to-end accounting records in the region in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and other management guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Approve all journal entries on the ERP, mindful of key parameters including appropriate Cost Center and General Ledger
• Liaise with Head Office (HO) and other regions on pending balances in the Region’s current account.
• Work closely with the OFM on partnering with other Functions/Units within the region with a view
• Coordinate monthly Financial Closure Process to ensure all monthly accruals and provisions are properly booked.
• Financial Reports as prepared by various members of the Finance team.
• Review all supporting documents (invoices, waybill, certificate of job completion) presented for vendors’ payment purposes.
• Provides initial review for all Bank Reconciliations in the region.

Qualifications

• 4 - 5 Years post qualification experience in MNC Manufacturing Environment
• Sound financial and accounting knowledge and exceptional business understanding, Management Accountancy, Business Planning and Analysis
• Excellent Ability related to Data Analytics at both financial and operational fronts
• Working knowledge of business intelligence applications like Power BI, etc.
• A high degree of resourcefulness and ingenuity are required to develop solutions to problems of unusual complexity
• Ability to delegate tasks and work under pressure to produce results, and analyze work of others and can guide the team
• Advanced level of English, hands on experience on ERP (Navision / Microsoft GP, SAP, Oracle Financials), Advanced Microsoft Office Expertise (Excel, PowerPoint etc.).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Application Deadline 31st March, 2024.