Finance Projects Manager Job at Serengeti Breweries Ltd (SBL)

Serengeti Breweries Ltd (SBL) operates exclusively in Tanzania and is the 2nd largest beer company with a market share of 25%.  SBL is a subsidiary of East Africa Breweries Ltd (EABL) – which is in turn partly owned by one of the world’s biggest alcoholic beverage companies, Diageo. The company is an integrated demand/supply business with 3 operational breweries in Dar Es Salaam, Mwanza, and a third one in Moshi, which is situated in the northern part of the country near the Kenyan border. SBL’s flagship brand is Premium Serengeti lager, which accounts for 50% of SBL sales volumes. The other beer brands are Tusker, Guinness, Tusker Malt, Kick and Pilsner. SBL  also boasts a portfolio of exciting Spirits brands such as Baileys, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, J&B and Gordon's Gin just to name a few.
SBL has 3 fully operational breweries in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Moshi with a combined capacity of 1.3m Hls. Moshi has a capacity of c600khls per annum and a scope to expand to more than 1 million in F14.

 Key Purpose of the role

• To evaluate the financial viability and efficiency of key strategic initiatives and prepare for approval;
• To communicate and track progress against projects to programme sponsors and the executive team;

• To advise and coach project team members on robust and thorough analytics;
 

Key Accountabilities

• Provide financial input to key strategic initiatives that accurately measures the investment return and financial viability of those projects;
• Work cross-functionally within the business and across the Diageo group of companies to engage the right stakeholders and subject matter experts for key inputs;
• Monitor progress against each initiative for timely reporting back to project sponsors and local executive team;
• Constructively challenge, input and maximise value in key business areas and drive exceptional business performance (raise the bar) 


Qualifications and Experience Required
• Degree qualified, with a finance qualification
• Extensive post-qualification experience in an FMCG company or large developing market (at least 5 years), preferable with Supply Chain or Production costing experience
• Significant amount of time in a finance leadership role, strong technical accounting skills necessary and strong knowledge of internal controls and risk management
• Outstanding skills in the areas of leadership, coaching, mentoring, motivation, communication/influencing/negotiating skills, good relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Highly developed influencing skills capable of communicating the big picture in approachable language and motivating people across all levels and functions in the business
• Self starter with high levels of energy & commitment  

CLOSING DATE: 11 APRIL 2014
TANZANIAN NATIONALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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