Job Opportunities at British American Tobacco

Job description

British American Tobacco has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Commercial Finance Manager - East Africa Markets to join our team in Nairobi.

The role provides financial evaluation, information and advice that enable East African Markets (EAM) management to develop and execute effective plans and make informed decisions.

The role is also responsible for financial accounting & reporting, tax & statutory compliance and facilitating internal & external audits for BAT entities in Tanzania, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia.

Principal Accountabilities

• Preparation of monthly marketing investment reports for East African Markets and provide accurate and timely information to assist management with the monitoring of on-going performance.
• Co-ordinate monthly Credit Committee meetings for East and Central Africa Area (preparation of inputs, facilitating meeting and follow up of actions)
• Ensure financial transactions recorded accurately in enterprise systems (SAP, HansaWorld) (Tanzania, Djibouti, Somalia)
• Ensure accounts reconciliations are performed monthly and outstanding items are resolved in a timely manner (Tanzania and Djibouti)
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial reports and ensuring these are reported in Group financial systems (BPC) in a timely manner (Preparation & Reporting – Tanzania and Djibouti. Reporting – Eritrea and Ethiopia).
• Maintain appropriate procedures to ensure that statutory payments & requirements are valid, complete and accurate and made in a timely manner (Tanzania and Djibouti).
• Coordinate with external auditors to ensure timely completion of statutory audit (Tanzania and Djibouti).
• Develop leadership skills for own career advancement

Essential Requirements

Knowledge/Qualifications

• A graduate degree in Accounting or Professional Accounting Qualification would be required.
• A minimum of 4 years relevant financial experience.
• Working experience of an ERP (SAP, Oracle)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to manage relationships and work with managers across all levels within the company and externally.
• Good influencing skills with ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Basic understanding of commercial business drivers

Key Success Factors

• Ability to deliver to deadlines and perform under pressure
• Ability to work in changing environment
• Ability to communicate and get buy in from colleagues and other stakeholders
• Open mindedness and willingness to learn

Working Relationships

• Business unit managers –credible and strong working relationship. Act as trusted business advisor in order to challenge and support the business to improve overall performance
• Financial control - collaborate to provide end to end finance delivery for regions / areas / end markets
• Finance Shared Service Centre - Collaborate closely with Finance Shared Service centre to provide high quality, timely management information to the business

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Job description

British American Tobacco has an exciting opportunity for an Area Compliance Manager - Corporate Finance to join our team in Nairobi.

The role of leads the review of processes and systems across BAT East & Central Africa for compliance with UK and local Corporate Governance requirements.

It leads the preparation for

• Bi-annual review of the risk and controls framework for BAT East & Central Africa
• Audit committee papers for the BAT Kenya and BAT Uganda Audit Committees, which occur at least 3 times annual to review business risks and the status of compliance to approved business processes and controls
• The East & Central Africa Area Risk & Controls Committee, which meets 2 times in a year to review risks and results of compliance and audit reviews carried out by the Compliance Manager and Internal Audit Manager.
• Monthly continuous control dashboards that review effectiveness of system-based controls

Principal Accountabilities

• Supervise and conduct independent risk – based operational process reviews to help ensure that the systems and procedures support the achievement of business goals and objectives
• Drive risk framework, leading cross functional teams dealing with control navigator initiatives and risk
• Perform compliance reviews on pre-identified high-risk processes and prepare written reports for Board of Directors and Senior Management that clearly and accurately explain the findings and action plans for improvement.
• Perform adhoc reviews and investigations into suspected irregularities and report the same to the Board of Directors and Senior Management via a written report
• Provide formal training for the operating companies’ management and staff to raise the awareness of risk and control
• Provide administrative support to the Local Audit Committees in the respective end markets
• Contributes to the successful running of the business through risk based assessments to the corporate objectives
• Reviewing and reporting on the control framework that allows the management to meet their duties
• Develop and drive efficiency improvements, based on best practice and in line with group standardisation
• Ensure entity/functional compliance with local laws and regulations [including tax, minority interests, external regulatory reporting]
• Develop leadership skills for own career advancement

Key Success Factors

• Clear, concise reports identifying issues, root cause and identifying practical action plans with clear timelines for implementation
• Identification of significant issues and weaknesses are identified and brought to the attention of relevant management and staff
• Improvement in controls around risk areas identified by the audit committee and senior management
• Improved risk and control awareness of management and staff

Essential Requirements Knowledge/Qualifications

• A graduate degree in Accounting or Professional Accounting Qualification would be required
• A minimum of 5 years relevant financial experience of which at least 2 years should have been in a Controlling or Audit related Finance environment
• Working experience of an ERP [SAP, Oracle]
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to manage relationships and work with managers across all levels within the company and externally
• Good influencing skills with ability to interact with all levels of senior management and Board of Directors
• An ability to work effectively with all levels of staff within the company and externally – this should be demonstrated by successful experience in business partnership and decision support
• Basic understanding of commercial business drivers
• Pro-active, persuasive and creative as the job holder will be introducing new rules and changing standards of practice
• Project management skills – able to work independently and maintain level of independence whilst working in a partnership with the Head office finance team