Topic: GUINNESS VACANCY-CONSUMER PLANNING & RESEARCH MANAGER(MARKETING) AND PAYROLL

External Job Title CONSUMER PLANNING & RESEARCH MANAGER
AutoReqId 13315BR
Function Marketing
Type of Job Full Time
Country Nigeria
External Job Description Reporting to: Head of Consumer Planning & Research

Level: Level 5 (M1)

Location: Lagos

Context/Scope
Guinness Nigeria is a focused business unit that delivers significant volume and profit to Diageo (parent company).

Consumer planning has a critical role and responsibility for proactively identifying and driving consumer insights in the business

Over the last three years the Consumer Planning and Research team has been transformed within the Diageo business. This has seen the team move away from research orientation and towards planning, focussed on:
· Pro-activity
· Using research to drive growth
· Focused on consumer understanding and insights that is actionable & drives growth
· Focused on implications not information
· Simplifying & providing clear direction

Purpose of Role
· To champion & drive world class understanding of consumer attitudes, motivations and trends that can be leveraged to grow our brands
· To be the custodian of consumer insights
· To build an understanding of the consumer which is:
· Based on issues & opportunities
· Rigorous & grounded
· Compelling / easy to understand
· Proactive & timely
· To ensure that brand strategy & communication is founded upon a deep understanding of the consumer
To deliver Measurement and Evaluation for key advertising and promotional projects

Accountabilities
· To ensure consumer is at the heart of the brand (& customer) teams
· Support development of brand & implementation of brand strategy and communication through facilitating a deep understanding of the consumers (GAME planning)
· Insight development
. Project Management
· Understand the nature of brand teams needs
· Decode, scope, brief and manage the research process through ad hoc and continuous research projects
· Transform research outputs into simple, actionable implications
· Management of research agencies while ensuring efficient budget utilisation

Disseminate consumer data / research findings
· Monitor and communicate trade information, volumes and monthly tracker data to the business
· Ensure that consumer knowledge is clearly reported and interpreted within the framework of brand related issues
· Lead regular brand reviews, keeping the brand teams informed and updated

Driving learning into action from Measurement and Evaluation (M&E)
· Ensures Measurement and Evaluation (M&E) learning is applied to drive growth throughout the business

Develop and drive best practice within consumer planning and research
· Proactively searches & spins knowledge, ideas and capabilitiesDevelop and progress continuous measures

Qualifications and Experience

Graduate Calibre
· 3-5 years experience either within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) organisation with a planning, brand & consumer focus, or a research agency background
· Experience in both quantitative and qualitative research techniques
Experience of the drinks industry is advantageous however not essential

2. External Job Title Payroll Accountant
AutoReqId 13282BR
Function Finance
Type of Job Full Time
Country Nigeria
External Job Description Reporting to: Financial Controller

Level: Level 5 (M2)

Location: Lagos

Purpose:
· Responsible for all kinds of payments of salaries and allowances to all employees (Mgt/Non. Mgt), including payment of claims, leave allowances and other one-off payments.
· Reconciliation of all payroll related accounts, and ensure accurate, timely and complete payroll inputs.
· Responsible for remittance of all salary related deductions to relevant authorities.
· Provide decision support to Human Resources with respect to payroll input, payroll policy formulations and accounting issues.
· Provide analytical support to HR as it relates to payroll planning and budgeting.
· Review and authorise all employees’ payment input and forward to payroll-outsourced provider for processing.
· Review and authorize payroll output from outsourced payroll provider.
· Other Payroll and Accounting or Financial Control responsibilities that might be assigned from time to time.

Context:
The Payroll Accountant will be implementing policies as it relates to payments to employees and other payroll related remittances including pension, Voluntary Employee Saving Scheme (VESS), taxes etc. He/She is to ensure full compliance with Control Assurance and Risk Management (CARM) controls on payment process in the areas of Payroll Administration and Payment.

Accountabilities
· Review of all payroll input and output for accuracy.
· Prompt payment of employees’ salaries and allowances through REMITA.
· Payments of employees claims, leaves allowances, advances and other one-off payments- Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) etc· Prompt remittance of all payroll deductions to relevant beneficiaries.
· Generate schedules and remit all statutory payments and other payroll deductions, Pension etc by Work Day 2 (WD2) after payment of salary.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Qualifications·
Graduate calibre plus membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria or Degree level qualification in related field with relevant work experience.
· Membership of any recognized Tax Institute will be an added advantage.

Key Skills & Experience
· Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience with proven integrity.
· Ability to take commercial insights and translate into Organisation & People Agenda including good customer service.
· Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions.
· Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills.
· Excellent coaching and relationship building skills.
· Sound IT knowledge in the use of outlook, Excel, word and Powerpoint.
· Working knowledge of accounting package-SUNSYSTEMS (All modules) and HumanManager.

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