Overview
This role is responsible for supporting the business unit in FP&A including but not limited to budgeting and forecasting, monitoring and reporting for specific product categories.
Responsibilities
- Highly organized and responsive, with ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines.
- Numerate and a lateral thinker, good at data analysis, with a strong attention to detail.
- Provide overall support for the period end results and preparation of forecast.
- Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports.
- Working across multiple Finance functions to deliver Period forecast.
- Understand key drivers of the P&L and compile cost deep-dives when required
- Compile Volume and Revenue trackers
- Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance.
- Performance analysis, including explanation of variance to plan, forecast and year ago.
- Build the annual operating plan (AOP) process, and weekly and monthly forecasts
- Manage Mosiac tool
- Preparation of input for flash and pre-close month end review
- Create Channel/Customer promotional analysis to support business partners.
- Maintain complex Excel models.
- Develop PowerPoint presentation to communicate business results and insights.
- Manage exceptions through verbal and written interactions with Sales and Sales Finance
- Trade accrual process
- Collaborate with sales and finance functions on ad-hoc projects.
- Create an inclusive and collaborative environment.
- Self-starter; bias for action and for quick iteration on ideas / concepts; strong interest in proving out ideas with rapid prototyping.
- Ability to interact well across various teams.
- Team player; excellent listening skills; welcoming of ideas and new ways of looking at things; able to lead brainstorming sessions and elicit input from team members - including those who may not be the loudest voice in the room.
Qualifications
- 3 to 6 years of experience in finance and planning for postgraduates (commerce, accounting, finance) (0 to 3 years of finance experience for CA/CMA preferred)
- Experience in financial analysis, data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, Mosiac, Business Objects, Essbase, forecasting, P&L understanding, trade promotions, reporting & analytics.
- Tableau/ Power BI knowledge
- Strong excel skills.
- Able to work independently and takes initiative.
- Capable of managing multiple time sensitive priorities simultaneously
- Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance.
- Ability to function well in a team environment.
- Consistently shows urgency, courtesy and patience.
- Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in English language.
