Overview
The role involves managing financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities, ensuring accuracy during period close, and providing actionable insights on cost performance. It includes close collaboration with FP&A, accounting, and operations teams to enhance financial visibility, support AOP and forecast cycles, and enable data-driven decision-making across transportation networks. The scope of the position covers all transportation-related costs for PBC from an Actuals, Budget, and Reporting perspective, supporting a $400MM P&L.
Responsibilities
- Manage financial planning and analysis for PBNA Supply Chain operations, with a focus on transportation costs, including period close activities
- Prepare and track budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and financial targets.
- Provide monthly reporting and detailed variance analysis (Actuals vs Forecast vs AOP) for Transportation budgets to Sector and FP&A teams.
- Prepare and distribute management reports on actual and forecasted transportation costs to relevant stakeholders.
- Support forecasting cycles across financial periods, including detailed Cause-of-Change analysis to explain cost movements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams across transportation, operations, and finance to improve financial visibility and support strategic decision-making.
- Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and support to FP&A and Supply Chain Finance teams based on business requirements.
- Prepare a variety of ad-hoc financial requests from planning (FP&A) and SCF team.
- Support PBNA - WHD Hotfill transportation operations by analyzing operational metrics (e.g., miles, shipments) to drive cost efficiency and performance improvements.
- Manage monthly close and forecasting activities for the Pepsi Lipton Partnership (PLTP), including consolidation, reporting, and trend analysis.
Qualifications
- 5-6 years of finance analyst experience
- Excellent computer skills, Excel modelling, Power Point.
- Ability to identify business issues and generate solutions
- Self-starter with attention to detail and customer service
- Solid verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence others
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior level executives
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate analytical findings into actionable solutions and processes
- Ability to function well in a team environment
- Results oriented with the ability to complete assignments in a timely manner
- Ability to handle multiple priorities
- Exceptional communication skills, Proficiency in English language
