Deputy Manager - Finance

Supply Chain Finance Assistant Analyst supports Supply Chain Finance Lead for planning and analytical activities for France COGS.

The purpose is to provide analytic support in COGS area within the Supply Chain Finance organization by supporting Planning Lead in order to ensure all deliverables. The scope of the position is all COGS functions from Actuals/Budget/Reporting point of view ($456MM P&L Budget).

• Responsible for Standard Costing of new SKUs
• Responsible for monthly closing activities for all COGS functions taking decisions on accruals provided to accounting team
• Providing monthly reports and variance analysis for COGS budgets of the BU to Sector and FP&A teams.
• Consolidation of total France COGS budget and Fcst variations
• Preparing and distributing management reports for actual and forecasted costs to relevant stakeholders.
• Support in the preparation of Forecasts during all Financial cycles including Cause-of-Change.
• Support with Mosaic TM1: check closing actuals and upload Rolling Forecasts/AOP build-ups by account into the tool.
• Support in the preparation of COGS monthly performance deck.
• Identify areas for harmonization and improvement across MUs in Supply Chain Finance.
• Participate in yearly AOP process by calculation of COGS and running system flows necessary to cash up future year costs.
• Prepare a variety of ad-hoc financial requests from planning (FP&A) and SCF team.

• 5 to 6 years of experience in finance and planning for postgraduates (commerce, accounting, finance)
• (2 to 5 years of finance experience for Chartered accountants preferred)
• 2 year's experience in a FMCG company with background in Finance, preferable in Planning / Controlling.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Excellent skills in MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint). Advanced Excel user is a must.
• Good commercial / strategic / analytical skills and understanding of business drivers analysis of P&L.
• Able to work under pressure and to meet demanding deadlines, while at the same time displaying attention to detail. Ability to manage and execute multiple concurrent tasks to meet deadlines.
• Ability to deal with unstructured problems in the complex matrix organization.
• Ease at working with stakeholders at different levels within the organization and with a virtual team.