Managerial Role at British American Tobacco

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