Veronica Oshin

Experience

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  Unilever

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2020

   Led budgeting and forecasting of direct procurement costs, analytics, and business performance reports highlighting risks and opportunities to provide valuable insights and support senior leadership's strategic decisions. Responsible for monthly review of periodic variances and their causes to identify pricing/cost opportunities such as purchase price variance (PPV), material usage variance, standard cost variance, price and spend analysis. Local and global benchmarking of material costs versus counterparts identifying opportunities for improvements. Built financial acumen within the team to drive understanding of the financial impact on decisions taken Month-end activities: journal posting, variance analysis, reporting, balance sheet reconciliation and general ledger hygiene. Show less Finance partner to the logistics & distribution team understanding both internal and external transport costs drivers and identifying opportunities to drive down costs. Member of task force which delivered over 15% savings of our distribution cost base in a year. Activity based monthly and yearly logistics cost forecast and budgeting. transport month end closing and reporting activities encompassing key transport performance drivers such as price, mix, cost per ton/case, truck turnaround time, cost per transporter lane and total spend.Oversaw payment reconciliations of all transporters and 3rd party service providers ensuring 98% OTIF payments parameter. Reviewed costs performance versus contractual agreements of our external partners. Handled end-to-end management reporting for the Supply Chain Finance responsible for reports such as Gross margin variance analysis (GMVA), Supply Chain performance decks, forecast vs actual cost variance analysis shared on a monthly basis with the Supply chain directors and VP Supply chain Show less Finance partner supporting the customer marketing function in maximizing trade spend through performance management, decision support and financial analysis. Evaluated trade and consumer promotions across 14 brands through budgeting, planning and forecasting, spend management and their return on investment (ROI) viability, pre and post OPSO.Developed a cross functional report using Pareto’s analysis to identify top 15 products contributing over 80% turnover to the business bringing focus to key financial, sales and marketing KPIs. Report was discussed with the leadership team on a monthly basis. Managed month-end activities involving journal posting, variance analysis, reporting, balance sheet reconciliation and general ledger hygiene. Show less Designed a standard operating procedure for Capital-expenditure proposal and evaluation in line with set Global standards. This SOP was recommended as best practice by the SC Finance Director Africa in 2014.Ensured Capital Work in Progress (CWIP) balance reduced by 68% and the value of over-aged items by 95% in 2014. Set controls measures and standards for proper monitoring of CWIP balance that were rolled out for the full business.Part of the Cash and Cost team in identifying potential areas for savings within the business. Show less

  • Procurement Finance Business Partner

    Feb 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Supply Chain Finance: Cost and Logistics Accountant

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Customer Marketing Finance Business Partner

    Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Customer Development: Trade Category Management

    Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Supply Chain Finance: Asst. Fixed Assets Manager

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Diageo

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2024

  Manage forecasting and in-depth analysis of Logistics cost budgets and the savings agenda for Africa region. - Engage and align monthly with senior leaders and global partners on key business KPIs, deliverables, and benchmarks for each market to ensure value is created, cost reduction and improved performance agenda is achieved. - Understand market complexities and engage in-market teams on key projects providing financial insights translating these into improvement opportunities. - Drive capabilities building of in-market team on cost reporting, financial budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis. - Weekly review of markets cost and savings position estimates versus business expectations. - Develop financial models for business case analysis per business requirements. Show less

  • Logistics Finance Performance Manager - Africa

    Jul 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Logistics Finance Performance Manager - Africa

    Apr 2020 - Jul 2023
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  Valeo Foods Group

  May 2024 - now

  Group Procurement Finance Manager