Your role in HEINEKEN
As a Manager – Supply Chain Finance, you will focus on providing financial leadership across several key areas, including product costing, manufacturing support, working capital management, and business case assessment. It involves building and coordinating cost accounting metrics, analyzing manufacturing variances, and delivering insights to stakeholders. As a finance business partner to the manufacturing team, the role supports improvement projects, drives timely and accurate reporting, and leads month-end close, forecasts, and budget activities. Additionally, it includes managing strategies to optimize working capital, reviewing inventory and excise duty projections, and contributing to business decision-making through robust case assessments and financial solutions.
In this role, you will also
1) Product Costing
- Establish and monitor standard costing, BOM costing, and variance analysis (standard vs actual).
- Maintain and update material costs accurately and timely.
- Perform year-end costing revaluations and annual transfer pricing assessments.
- Analyze manufacturing variances; communicate findings and suggest improvements.
- Conduct PPV, inventory movement analysis, and assess risks/opportunities.
- Review and maintain ad hoc transfer pricing computations for exports and new SKUs.
2) Manufacturing
- Partner with the supply chain team to provide financial analysis, especially on production variable costs.
- Oversee day-to-day cost accounting activities and month-end close processes.
- Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and adjust pricing provisions as needed.
- Conduct cost variance analysis, actual vs forecast bridging, and root cause investigations.
- Lead and support forecasts, budgets, strategic planning, and product costing setup.
- Present financial and cost analysis reports on supply chain performance (COGS, inventory, working capital).
- Translate financial data into strategies for cost efficiency and savings.
- Provide actionable insights to leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Perform ad hoc finance/accounting tasks as assigned.
3) Working Capital Management
- Manage excise duty cash flow forecasts, working capital needs, and fund usage.
- Assess production plans and inventory positions at month/year-end.
4) Business Case Assessment
- Contribute to supply chain projects with financial and costing expertise.
- Conduct financial analyses across regions to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Provide financial insights and scenario modeling to support strategic decisions.
Key Requirements:
Education:
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance
- Professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA) preferred
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Costing and Management Accounting
Language Proficiency:
- Fluent in spoken and written English (mandatory)
- Proficiency in other local languages is an added advantage
Technical Skills:
- Proficient in SAP, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
- Experience with Power BI is a plus
Functional Competencies:
- Strong analytical skills
- Team player with good interpersonal skills
- Proactive in personal development
- Takes initiative and action
- Demonstrates innovation and creative thinking
- Customer-focused mindset