Financial Insights Manager - Marketing , SABMiller - Tanzania
Main Job Statement
Provide financial decision support to the brand marketing teams through financial analysis and insights, supporting the development and execution of the Brand Plan to drive optimal investment allocation, continuous performance monitoring and course correction when required.
Job deliverables
1. Financial resources are fully integrated in the brand teams, continuously embedding financial knowledge and awareness of the commercial drivers of their business:
- Deep curiosity about the brands, markets and consumers to provide constructive challenge and add value in support of brand decisions.
- Engage with brand teams to explore/understand performance drivers, co-develop potential corrective actions and quantify potential opportunities.
- Develop clear communication with brand team, continuously engaging in the decision making processes.
- Financial insights are supported by consistent measures of value and transparent assumptions, enabling cross-functional review and learning.
2. Brand financial performance is understood and continuously monitored through management P&Ls.
- Combine with qualitative assessments to provide a comprehensive picture of financial performance
- Provide brand financial insights and analysis which are objective, fact based, timely and actionable.
- Evaluate performance again established objectives, using high quality information that is trusted and reflecting “one version of the truth”.
- Evaluate and monitor the impact of new and planned innovation proposals on the Brand financial performance.
3. Brand marketing investment evaluation focused on driving spend effectiveness and efficiency by:
- Determining the optimal allocation of resources for the brand to achieve the strategic targets.
- Driving prioritization towards activities yielding highest returns (financial and or strategic)
- Monitor spend efficiency to adjust and / or reallocate investment levels based on performance, feedback or insights.
- Managing marketing budgets according to plan (budget, forecast) to ensure investments are in line with strategy.
- Post activity reviews are continuously performed, identifying success/failure, quantify actual benefit/impact and extracting lessons for future reference.
4. Co-ordination of budget / forecasting activities relating to the marketing function
Desired Skills & Experience
Ideal Qualifications: CPA , CIMA
Work experience required:
- Professional with minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience
- Experience in FMCG company – either in FP&A type role or operational experience
- Solid technical/accounting base
Personal attributes:
- Ability to think laterally
- Analytical
- Persistent, inquisitive
- Confidence
- Good communicator
- Ability to work under pressure and meeting deadlines
Local candidates (Tanzania) will be preferred
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing.
All applications supported by CV’s, testimonials and copies of relevant qualifications must be submitted via email totbl.recruitment@tz.sabmiller.com
Closing Date for applications: 17th July 2013.
Company Description
Tanzania Breweries Ltd is one of the biggest businesses in Africa producing Safari, Eagle and Kilimanjaro lagers as three of Tanzania’s homemade products. Other widely consumed brands include Castle Lager and Castle Lite. The business is located in Dar-es-Salaam the capital city, with other breweries in Arusha (North East), Mwanza (North West), and Mbeya (South West) and employs around 1400 Tanzanians directly.
Tanzania Breweries Ltd is a subsidiary of SABMiller one of the world's leading brewers with more than 200 beer brands and some 70,000 employees in over 75 countries.
Financial Insights Manager - Marketing , SABMiller - Tanzania
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