Seven-Up Bottling Company – hiring Finance Lead – Operations


Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Lead – Operations
Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The primary purpose of the Finance Lead is to ensure accurate, timely and complete end-to-end accounting records in the region in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and other management guidelines.
- Provide a strong support for the OFM on Financial Closure Process, Periodic Reporting and Critical Analysis.
Responsibilities
- Approve all journal entries on the ERP, mindful of key parameters including appropriate Cost Center and General Ledger.
- Coordinate monthly Financial Closure Process to ensure all monthly accruals and provisions are properly booked.
- Support the OFM in the consolidation of monthly Financial Reports as prepared by various members of the Finance team.
- Review all supporting documents (invoices, waybill, certificate of job completion) presented for vendors’ payment purposes.
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- Provides initial review for all Bank Reconciliations in the region.
- Liaise with Head Office (HO) and other regions on pending balances in the Region’s current account.
- Work closely with the OFM on partnering with other Functions/Units within the region with a view to optimizing operational costs and enhance the control environment.
- Participate actively in the month end stock count activities.
- Provides supporting documents and schedules to external auditors during statutory audit
Requirements
- BSc/HND degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
- Professional Level Qualification in Accounting and Finance – ACCA, ACA, CIMA
- 4 – 5 Years post qualification experience in MNC Manufacturing Environment Sound financial and accounting knowledge and exceptional business understanding, Management Accountancy, Business Planning and Analysis
- Working knowledge of business intelligence applications like Power BI, etc. is advantageous
- Hands on experience on ERP (Navision / Microsoft GP, SAP, Oracle Financials), Advanced Microsoft Office Expertise (Excel, PowerPoint etc.).
Application Deadline
26th November, 2026.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note: Only selected candidates will be contacted.





