Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited Recruitment for Financial Accountant 2024

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited Recruitment

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.

Key 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 and Requirements

Minimum of 4 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.).