Experience

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  Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company

  • Lagos, Nigeria

  • Head of Commercial Finance

    • Apr 2013 - Present
    • Lagos, Nigeria

    Head of Commercial Finance for Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (a wholly owned affiliate of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company), based in Lagos Nigeria. Directly responsible for;• Providing Financial Stewardship and Leadership to Commercial function• Commercial Operations Support • Decision Support and Value optimization • Strategy, Business Planning and Reporting• Credit and Receivable Management• Corporate Governance & Risk Management• Profitability and Revenue Growth Management• Relationships Management and System Value Creation• Acting as the interface between the central finance functions and commercial function• People Leadership and Development

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  East African Development Bank

  • Uganda

  • Finance Manager, Mobilization, Investment and Reporting

    • Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Uganda

    Reporting to the Head of Finance and Investments, the role was broadly responsible for resource mobilization strategy development and execution, providing business support and advisory services to various key committees and units of the bank, and Financial and Management accounting and reporting support.• Support in Development & Execution of the funding strategy for the Bank to raise capital resources• Bank products and services pricing support to protect the Bank’s financial interests and enhance profitability• Designing and overseeing the implementation of financial controls to mitigate financial risks• Set-up, Maintenance, Control and evaluation of accounting systems and procedures to ensure effective delivery of financial services to both internal and external customers• Monitoring and initiating corrective action to strengthen the Bank’s internal controls environment• Financial, Management and Statutory reporting support• Internal and External Audit activities support

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  Celcom Limited

  • Malawi

  • Finance Director

    • Apr 2011 - Jul 2012
    • Malawi

    Reporting to the Managing Director, the role was responsible for providing financial leadership and overseeing financial strategies and processes in the Company. Key responsibility areas included;• Business Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting • Financial, Management and Statutory reporting• Controls, Financial Systems and Processes• Treasury, Tax and Working capital management • Revenue Assurance & Pricing strategy• Procurement Management• Finance function leadership

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  Zain

  • Kuwait
  • Telecommunications
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Group Pricing Manager

    • May 2009 - Jul 2010

    • Implementing and Coordinating clear Group Pricing and Customer Value Development strategy• Ensuring consistency and balance between competitiveness and profitability across Zain operations• Driving financial results by supporting the Operations to design and implement optimal pricing plans and customer value development initiatives• Developing and implementing broad guiding principles for pricing and CVD propositions across the Group• Building pricing and CVD capabilities across the Country teams• Coordinating and monitoring implementation of commercial execution improvement projects

  • Regional Finance Controller - Central Africa

    • Feb 2007 - Apr 2009

    Core responsibilities for the role included;• Providing Regional financial leadership and support to the Central Africa Region operations (Zambia, Gabon, Malawi, Ghana and Sierra Leone) and to the COO to drive financial performance• Regional Business Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting• Internal Controls and accounting processes and systems• Treasury and Taxation management• Regional Financial, Management and Statutory Reporting• People Leadership and Capability Development • Group Finance strategy roll-out to Operating Units and execution follow-up• Pricing and Investment appraisal and decision support• Managing the Regional P&L• Supporting the Regional COO in strategic initiatives roll-out, coordination of agreed plans to ensure they are executed and development/evaluation of revenue maximization and costs optimization opportunities.

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  The Coca-Cola Company

  • Kenya

  • Financial Services Manager - East & Central Africa Business Unit

    • May 2003 - Jan 2007
    • Kenya

    Was initially responsible for East Africa Franchise covering Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for 2 years and was then moved to manage the bigger and diverse Horn, Indian Ocean and Mid Africa Franchise (consisting 14 countries). Key Responsibilities included,Ensuring the Franchise Territory delivers on planned financial performance and other KPI by developing and implementing requisite financial strategies, procedures, routines and system controls.Supporting the Franchise operations’ and marketing teams to ensure financial viability of all investments, plans, activities and programs undertaken.Providing system financial leadership and enhancing alignment with bottler finance teams. Working with stakeholders on key system decisions and evaluating system projects for viabilityFranchise Financial and management reporting to the Franchise, Division and Group (Monthly Quarterly and annual)Managing key elements impacting the franchise profitability – Pricing, direct costs, Operating overheads, Marketing Expenses, inventory and receivables managementCoordinating Franchise Forecasting, Annual budgeting and Three year business planning processCoordinating Long term financial Franchise Development Plans

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  Tetra Pak

  • Kenya

  • Chief Accountant

    • Oct 1991 - May 2003
    • Kenya

    Promoted to the Chief Accountant position (from January 1999) as a result of excellent performance in earlier roles Core responsibilities of the role included; Leading a dedicated and highly skilled team of financial, management accountants and analysts with overall responsibility for all the financial and management accounting functions within the companyFinancial, management, and local statutory reporting. Managing the Company Profit and Loss and Balance sheet elementsReview, Development and maintenance of the Internal control systemCoordinating the Annual Budgetary process and periodic forecastsCoordinating statutory and internal audits, treasury management and tax managementAll stock valuations, product standard costing and cost of sales analysis