Finance Analyst, West Africa at Upfield Nigeria

Upfield is a global leader in plant-based nutrition with a great history and a portfolio of iconic brands that people have used and trusted for generations. This includes Flora, Rama, Becel, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter and ProActiv.

We are a global food company with 6 business units operating in 95 markets. We have the mind-set of a start-up. This makes us fast, agile, entrepreneurial, cost conscious and accountable for our products – from seed to serving at the breakfast, lunch or dinner table.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Analyst, West Africa

Location: Nigeria

Fixed Term Contract: 7 Months

Reports to: Finance Controller, West Africa

Want to make an impact where it matters?

• At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that’s free from plastic.


• We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what’s right for our people, our customers and the planet.


• We’ve got iconic brands like Rama, Country Crock, Blue Band and Flora that people all over the world know and love. We’ve been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we’re only just getting started.


• Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our Associates, our consumers, our business partners and our world.


• We have big ambitions to grow this business and we want to attract the right people – those that love what they do, thrive on responsibility and are looking for limitless career defining opportunities.


• You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.


• You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.


• If you want to make an impact where it matters apply now!

Your Role

OVH, BMI and Forecasting:

• Management reporting including Financial forecasting/budgeting and longer-term strategic planning processes


• Managing and reporting of OVHs and BMI costs


• Ensure correct bookings of costs in P&L as per SCOA


• Forecast working capital


• Support related budget owners


• Provide assistance in forecasting and other ad-hoc business analysis


• OC Governance, continuous improvement on rule-based journals + controls


• Provide ad-hoc support to countries within the BU

P2P Analysis:

• P2P OC Governance, continuous Improvement on P2P Processes + controls


• Working Capital forecasting, reporting and commentary;


• Partnering BMI and Overheads teams with P2P processes


• P2P Metrics – POT (Payment on time), POC (PO Compliance), FPY (First Pass Yield) – working with/ supporting OC with directive to improve metrics


• Approval of urgent/ manual payments


• Query Escalations from business on poor service/ issues after contacting AP helpdesk/ OC/ BCS Agent


• Resolve audit queries which IBM/ OC cannot resolve


• GRNI support


• Provide ad-hoc support to countries within the BU

O2C and credit controls:

• Manage customer overdues across all customers


• Improve working capital through management of customer payment performance and trade term compliance


• Manage and mitigate bad debt and minimize bad debt provision


• Work with the shared service teams to ensure effective and aligned communication and deliverables are met


• Worked with shared service teams to ensure that accounts are reconciled correctly, customer statements issued in a timely manner


• Work with shared service and other internal functions to ensure that customer claims are placed in a timely manner and support the resolution of deductions on customer accounts


• Ensure accurate and timely month end reporting


• Support first line investigation and resolution of EDI issues


• Raise manual accruals for CD trade terms


• Prepare and validate rebate review


• Allocate promotional invoices against correct rebates


• Resolve deductions, disputed claims that IBM cannot resolve with the CD team


• Provided support for statutory reporting requirements

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• A very strong academic record


• Excellent understanding of financial metrics and FFG Financial processes


• Very strong track record of delivery in previous Finance roles


• Very strong work ethic, resilience in the face of pressure and ability to meet multiple stretching deadlines


• Good team player With great communication skills 


• Strong analytical bias and excellent attention to detail


• Microsoft Excel skills and PowerPoint capability.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.



How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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