Purchase to Pay Lead, Nigeria at Unilever Nigeria Plc

Purchase to Pay Lead, Nigeria at Unilever Nigeria Plc. Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Unilever Nigeria Plc – Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Purchase to Pay Lead, Nigeria

Job Requisition ID: R-62945
Location: Oregun, Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

• As a member of the Finance Function, you are responsible to the Financial Controller for the efficient management of local suppliers.
• Responsible for payments to suppliers as stipulated in the contracts signed by Unilever   and the Supplier.
• Exploit IT systems (Fourth Shift Excel etc) to track suppliers invoices up to payment/filing stage.
• Reconciliation of suppliers’ accounts.

Main Accountabilities

• Payments to suppliers
• Ensure suppliers are paid within agreed credit terms.
• Ensure suppliers accounts are reconciled monthly
• Issues arising are cleared by end of following month.
• Ensure the dividend account is reconciled monthly and issues resolved promptly.
• Identify and address any weakness in the creditor management and accounts payable process
• Reconciliation of suppliers accounts

Results:

• Make sure all major expenditures are captured in the month in which they occur.
• Ensure accruals are made for services rendered without invoices at month ends.
• Oversee the reconciliation and clearing of long outstanding of IOU’s on the advance account.
• Ensure that the unvouchered account is reconciled at month end.
• Provide credible OCF forecast for creditors.
• Ensure a follow up on stale and unpresented cheques.

Functional Skills
Decision Support:

• Identify and Frame the Issue
• Structure & Integrate Information
• Model & Analyse Data
• Recommend, Communicate and Act on Findings
• Employ Effective Partnering Skills

Steering Business Performance:

• Set Goals
• Create Plans
• Manage Forecasting Process
• Allocate Resources
• Measure Business Performance
• Align Rewards

Information Management:

• Engage with Businesses to create pull for information
• Create and manage common information management platforms
• Manage Information Operations

Financial Transaction Processing:

• Implement Transaction Processing Systems
• Manage in-house and Outsourced Financial Shared Services (FSS)
• Provide Financial Shared Services
• Operate Accounting system
• Generate Routine Accounting Records and Financial Reports

Financial Accounting:

• Determine and apply correct accounting treatments
• Manage Financial Reporting
• Manage external reporting and audit

Corporate Governance:

• Uphold Fiduciary Responsibilities
• Establish Financial/Holding Structures and Policies

Risk Management & Internal Controls:

• Identify & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks
• Manage Financial Internal Control Systems and Policies
• Manage Operational Internal Control Systems and Policies
• Conduct Audits

Treasury Management:

• Establish Optimal Financial Structures
• Manage Cash
• Manage Pensions Investments
• Manage Insurance and Risk Control Programme
• Manage Financial Risks
• Maintain Banking Relations

Taxation:

• Execute Tax Strategy
• Manage Tax Risk and Tax Reporting
• Manage Fiscal Relations
• Uphold Integrity in Tax Matters

Acquisitions, Alliances and Divestments:

• Identify Opportunities & Candidates
• Evaluate Options
• Execute A&D
• Manage Completion and Post Completion Activities
• Build Alliances

Investor Relations:

• Understand Financial Markets: trends, organization and operations
• Analyse Unilever, Industry and Competitors
• Manage Communication effectively.
• Manage Relationships & Programs

General Skills

• Business Strategy and Formulation
• Business Process Design and Management
• Information Management
• Application and Exploitation of Information Technology
• Negotiation
• Business Planning and Implementation
• Project Management
• Change Management

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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