Finance Analyst - UDV

About us

East African Breweries PLC (EABL) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with an outstanding collection of brands that range from beer, spirits and adult non-alcoholic drinks (ANADs), reaffirming our standing as a total adult beverage (TAB) company.

EABL has extensive operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with breweries, distilleries, support industries and a distribution network across the region. It also runs a growing export operations business within and outside of the wider Eastern Africa region. The group’s diversity is an important factor in delivering the highest quality brands to East African consumers and long-term value to East African investors.

EABL operates within a multi-cultural, multinational, multi-currency environment, dealing with various regulatory, tax and compliance requirements

EABL is a Public Listed Company (Plc) listed on the Securities/Stock Exchange in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Purpose of role

Contribute to the business by providing decision support through accurate planning, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of Supply Chain financial results and projections.

Provide financial leadership to Supply Chain department by sharing information and providing insights to influence decision making.

Top accountabilities

• Participate in all planning activities for Supply Chain, delivering Budget, Long range plans, re-forecasts, and monthly rolling forecasts.
• Prepare cost center reports and carry out monthly cost center reviews with the Heads of department
• Weekly tracking of waste and leading conversations on corrective action
• Weekly tracking of repair and maintenance budget and holding discussions with engineers on spend
• Participate in the monthly performance sessions by providing insights on cost drivers.
• Generate reports for monthly performance and providing guidance and insight to drive decision making.
• Review, analyze and interpret product costings
• Understand production processes by regular visits to the factory floor and communication with the operations teams
• Audit post-production data and update costing accordingly
• Support in process improvement across the supply value chain
• Act as an internal consultant, creating an open environment in which excellent teamwork with other departments is fostered and which helps to improve procedures and flows of information. This will require a proactive attitude, teamwork and a full knowledge of the business, markets and competitors
• Assist in identifying and employing interventions that will enhance the financial capability of the non-finance peers, including leveraging on SAP
• Work on projects as assigned by the Head of Supply Finance

Qualifications:

• A business-related degree or equivalent.
• ACCA/ CPA K

Skills & Experience:

Experience and Skill

• 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience in Manufacturing Analysis, cost accounting
• SAP advanced knowledge and usage of analytical tools

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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