About US:

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Windsor, Buchanan’s and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness.

About UBL:

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) is a fully integrated beverage business in Diageo Africa (supply and demand for beer and spirits) It is a subsidiary of East African Breweries Limited (EABL); the largest business unit in Diageo Africa . UBL is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of beer brands and mainstream spirits. Beer brands within the portfolios include Bell, Guinness, Tusker Lager, Tusker Lite and a range of mainstream spirit brands. UBL is also the distributor of several global Diageo international renowned spirit brands such as Johnnie Walker®, Ciroc®, Smirnoff Vodka®, Bailey’s Irish Cream®, Richot®, Bond 7 Whiskey® and Gilbeys Gin®. The scope of this market also covers export countries such as Rwanda, Burundi and Congo contributing circa 3% of business revenue.

Job Summary:

The  Finance & Strategy Director – UBL will be responsible for overall leadership and direction to the Finance function. It also partners with the leadership team within the commercial function. The Provide strategic leadership and guidance to the business and manage all financial aspects of company strategy and flow of financial information to the EABL group, the board and, external parties such as investors or financial institutions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Development & enablement of Business Strategy in partnership with MD and Executive team
• Partners driving Great business performance through performance measurement and value creating insight generation
• Drive robust strategic planning processes to deliver Mission and strategic plans for the business
• Constructively challenge, input and maximize value in key business areas and drive exceptional business performance (raise the bar), constantly seek improved value from existing Business e.g. Value Chain Analysis, cost to serve, brand value engineering, CAPEX investment appraisal
• To ensure all financial and CARM (Compliance and risk management) controls are in place and lead the development & implementation of robust governance process across the business

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a 1st Degree in a business-related field.
• Qualified Accountant (CPA (K), ACCA, ACA, ACMA)
• MBA degree
• A minimum of ten years of finance management experience, with at least 5 years in senior management in a reputable organization.
• Experience in FMCG will be an added advantage
• Strong technical accounting skills necessary, with ideally some experience on tax and treasury
• Outstanding skills in the areas of leadership, coaching, mentoring, motivation, influencing, good relationship management and interpersonal skills, able to hold others to account, able to exercise good judgement – know when to have a light touch and when to intervene
• Skilled communicator, with well-developed verbal, written and presentation ability.
• Experience in multicultural / multilingual environments

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Deadline: 15^th June 2020