AR & Trade Investment Supervisor- Africa & Trading

• Business partner with sales functions for both Africa & Trading customer plus Affiliates. (30 Customers) 

• Work closely with the sales teams on aligning with company policies and procedures to drive performance excellence. 

• Ensure that all claims for Trade drives & MT Incentives are accurately in line with the approved contract and approved according to the SOA. Plus ensure proof of performance process is in place.  

• Own the discussions with the distributors for collections/ settlement. 

• Conduct a quarterly reconciliation with the Distributors & Follow up with AR for other customers. 

• Handle the contract management process with the sales team. 

• Assess the accruals needed and the related A&M curve build-up and share it with AR and TI manager for approval along with the finance controller. 

• Ensure proper compliance and adherence to the AR and trade spend policies and procedures. 

• Conduct review for Trade drives and incentives claims received from the distributors. 

• Prepare the monthly D&A actuals V.s Accrual and share & investigate the result. 

• Follow up ageing & collections with commercial and Africa & Trading customers. 

• Share detailed aging with the action plan required with the commercial team & all customers on weekly basis to accelerate collection. 

• Assist AR & TS manager with monthly AR DEC presentation. 

• Work closely with the trade investment manager on the monthly cause of change and related commentaries. 

• Ensure that proper deep analysis is supported on monthly basis for the rout cause of P&L movements  

• Intercompany Accounts Receivable responsibilities, by control and monitoring all cross charges with affiliates. 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent. (Qualified certificate would be preferred). 

• Work Experience: (Not less than 4 ) years of relevant experience. (FMCG would be preferred). 

• Language Knowledge: Arabic and English 

Technical Skills  

• Agility & enthusiasm 

• Passion for improving and a proactive nature 

• Complex Analytical skills  

• Ability to Simplify 

• Result driven 

Soft Skills  

• Internal and External communications

• Problem-solving 

• Teamwork 

• Creative thinking