Job Title: FP&A Manager
Organisation: Nile Breweries
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.
Job Summary: The key purpose of this role is to lead the monthly business cycle for Uganda (monthly management reporting & forecasting process including Cash Flow and Zero-based Budgeting process).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Monthly Cycle:
- Deliver FP&A Monthly Cycle to ensure all key performance deliverables are met.
- Work with all relevant functions to gain a thorough understanding of business performance
- Work with countries on key performance step change projects
- Prepare presentation of monthly results for Country Mancom and presentation to the BU/Zone
- Drive Finance Excellence Project to improve role of FP&A and support Business Units
- Lead the optimization and improvement of standard management reporting across the Business Units include Revenue Management initiatives
- Continuous digitization of the monthly cycle process
ZBB:
- Responsible for Country Zone ZBB Management, and alignment with Procurement & Leads from the other functions (Marketing, Sales, Supply, People, Legal and Corporate Affairs, etc).
- Perform overall review of ZBB Packages for the Country at month end to understand variances across packages. Deep-dive overruns (if any) to determine if any synergies/budget is at risk. Understand reasons for savings. Prepare month end ZBB deck for presentation to Country, BU and Zone.
- Perform Latest Estimate (LE) process for the Country monthly for submission to Zone. Collate risks and determine if any savings are bankable.
- Conduct annual ZBB business cycle for the Country. Develop 1YP and budget base assumptions: – Combine recent performance and benchmarks with planned initiatives to build base assumptions – Develop and continuously improve model at a comprehensive level of detail – Link business KPIs expected evolution to financial targets – Track major project initiatives and report impact to 1YP / budget costs
- Lead ZBB deliverables with different stakeholders such as Country Package Owners and Procurement Teams at the Country, BU and Zone Level.
- Drive the execution of ZBB in the Country i.e. policies localization and revision, initiatives tracking, tracking monitoring responsibilities, etc
- Responsible for the overall delivery of Country ZBB initiatives with Finance, Package Owners.
- Identify Best Practice in expenses management and share with BU
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or a bachelor’s degree and equivalent experience. ACCA, CPA or MBA strongly preferred.
- 3-4 years’ experience in business environment; + years’ experience managing people
- Business processes knowledge including strategy and finance strongly preferred. Proficient in understanding accounting and financial statements
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, SAP and Cognos
- Fluent in English.
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Excellent Leadership, interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills. Capability to constructively interact with and challenge senior colleagues in the different countries/Business Units.
- Change management skills to support significant process changes that affect a major portion of the organization.
- Effective communication skills with all levels in the organization (MANCOM, BU and Zone Levels).
How to Apply:
All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should apply at the link below.
Deadline: 11th December 2025
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36