Finance Manager – Supply Chain EEMEA (Southampton)

Job number	4352BR
Job title	Finance Manager – Supply Chain EEMEA (Southampton)
Location/City	Southampton
Appointment type	Fixed term
Job purpose and key deliverables	We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our EEMEA Supply Chain team in Southampton. The EMEA Supply Chain Finance Team is responsible for maintaining a strong control environment and providing value added support for cost saving initiatives driven by the Europe, Middle East and Africa Operations Shared Service Centre. As a Finance Manager you will be responsible for: Coordinating  the EEMEA transfer pricing process, validating transfer prices received from factories and managing the consolidation and communication of transfer prices for the Budget process  Controlling the cost centres for EEMEA Operations ensuring timely and accurate reporting of actual and forecast costs Principal Accountabilities: Transfer Pricing Engage with factories, Procurement and the New Product Introduction Team to complete transfer price requests enabling ordering of finished goods , semi-finished goods and wrapping materials via BATUKE and BAT DMCC. Validate the transfer price calculations provided by factories  Manage the consolidation, review and issue of all transfer prices as part of the annual budget cycle. Ensure that the drivers of price changes are analysed, explained and communicated clearly to End Markets  Accounting & Reporting Work with the UK Companies Team to ensure quarterly recharging of costs through the T&A process  Control the SAP ledgers for the cost centres comprising EEMEA Regional Operations. This involves delivering the month end close process , reconciling monthly payroll, ensuring the correct coding of invoices and maintaining approval matrices  Deliver the quarterly forecast for the cost centres comprising EEMEA Regional Operations. This involves engaging with cost centre owners, explaining variances to the previous forecast and presenting to the EMEA Head of Finance  Preparation of reports for cost centre owners comparing actual spend versus forecast  Ensure that all deadlines are met for submission of actuals and forecast data is uploaded in HFM   Support the Group Statutory Reporting Team by calculating unrealised profit in stocks for BAT’s half year and year end reporting  Consolidate and analyse non-criminal losses for presentation to senior Management at the monthly Regional Supply & Inventory Meeting. Projects Manage the impact on the transfer pricing process from the implementation of BAT’s new SAP System (OneSAP)  Work with the BATUKE Finance Team to ensure that changes to incoterms are incorporated into Budget 2015 transfer prices.
Essential requirements	Qualified or at final level of professional  examinations (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)  A strong understanding of Excel, SAP and HFM  Experience in management reporting and financial accounting  Strong influencing, leadership and interpersonal skills  Proven track record in working in cross functional teams
Desirable requirements
Working at BAT	British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice — whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success.   We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too. There’s no doubt our industry is controversial — we’re the first to admit that. But rest assured, we take a responsible approach to our trade. In each of our markets, we observe every local law regarding tobacco (in many cases going further through our own voluntary code). Not only that, we treat our farmers fairly, invest in the environment and help to sustain local communities. We also excel at developing our own people into leaders of the future. As a firm with a high-performance culture, we’ll expect a lot from you. But we’ll support you every step of the way to help you deliver. If you’re passionate and ambitious, rapid career progression is a reality here. And because we’re such a large firm (we employ more than 55,000 people worldwide), there are plenty of exciting opportunities for you to develop a truly extraordinary career.
Employing company	British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Ltd
Removal Date	13-Jun-2014