Sales Finance Manager

British American Tobacco is a leading tobacco group, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. We employ more than 57,000 people and, with over 200 brands in our portfolio, we make the cigarette chosen by one in eight of the world’s one billion adult smokers. We hold robust market positions in each of our four regions – Americas; Asia-Pacific; Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Western Europe – and we are leaders in more than 60 markets.

Essential requirements Knowledge, Skills and Experience

- Degree educated with professional accountancy qualification in progress (CA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Relevant experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to handle large volumes of information and present it in an accurate and relevant format
- Problem solving ability is essential
- Ability to work under pressure and keep to tight deadlines

Operational responsibilities

- Focus and control over credit management and bad debt activities; stock, sales and cash reconciliations.
- Provides accurate information and in time for pricing decisions and credit granted to BAT customers.
- Chairs and coordinates Credit Committee meetings. Coordinates with Credit Manager to utilize team resources to meet the business needs.
- Monitors on daily basis the staff performance and ensures meeting their individual objectives, department KPIs and that they perform according to internal policies and procedures.
- Identify and drive process improvement opportunities, projects aligned with business initiatives and customer needs.
- Ensures full understanding of the existing company policies and the impact of own team across Marketing organization.
- Drives standardization and productivity improvement within the team.
- Attends meetings, gives presentations and participates in projects in order to ensure smooth introduction of changes and satisfactory resolution of issues.
- Performs additional financial management processes including reporting and operational planning.
- Ensures and controls that all processes within department are SOX compliant and all relevant controls are performed.
- Plans, organizes and supervises team’s work.
- Manages team processes and more complex/sensitive activities.
- Recognizes and communicates potential issues/risks with team.
- Ensures Accounts Receivable closing procedures are completed efficiently, accurately and timely.