Upfield Recruitment 2021

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Upfield Recruitment 2021.

Upfield is a consumer packaged goods company that sells multiple brands of margarine and other food spreads. It includes brands such as Flora, Stork, and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!. Upfield was spun off from Unilever and purchased by investment firm KKR in 2018.

Job Description

• Company: Upfield
• Location: Tema, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
• State: Tema

Job Title: Finance Analyst

Main Responsibilities: –

OVH, BMI, and Forecasting

• Support the managing and reporting of OVHs and BMI costs
• Support the correct bookings of costs in P&L as per SCOA
• Contribute to forecasting of working capital and support related budget owners
• Aid in forecasting and other ad-hoc business analysis

P2P Analysis

• P2P Metrics – POT (Payment on time), POC (PO Compliance), FPY (First Pass Yield) – working with/ supporting OC with directive to improve metrics
• Approval of urgent/ manual payments
• Query Escalations from business on poor service/ issues
• Resolve audit queries which IBM/ OC cannot resolve
• GRNI support
• Provide ad-hoc support to countries within the BU

O2C and credit controls

• Manage customer overdue across all customers
• Improve working capital through management of customer payment performance and trade term compliance
• Manage and mitigate bad debt and minimize bad debt provision
• Work with the shared service teams to ensure effective and aligned communication and deliverables are met
• Worked with shared service teams to ensure that accounts are reconciled correctly, customer statements issued in a timely manner
• Work with shared service and other internal functions to ensure that customer claims are placed in a timely manner and support the resolution of deductions on customer accounts
• Support to ensure accurate and timely month end reporting
• Support first-line investigation and resolution of finance issues
• Provide support for Commercial Finance Business Partner as needed from time to time.

Skills, experience, and qualifications: –

• Excellent understanding of financial metrics and FFG Financial processes
• Very strong track record of delivery in previous Finance roles
• Very strong work ethic, resilience in the face of pressure, good team player, ability to meet multiple stretching deadlines, great communication skills and excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical bias and Microsoft Excel skills
• PowerPoint capability

How to Apply

Interested applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Closing Date: 10th August. 2021.