OverviewTrack P&L and ensure COC well provided by stakeholders. Provide analysis including evaluating the related KPI's vs. the company targets and direction. Role is responsible for MUs P&L, COC & OCF submissions and reporting as required. This role will require the ability to serve many customers on the MU/BU/Region levels.
ResponsibilitiesMonth End Closing (monthly - 1st Week)
- Gather Month End closing numbers from the respective Finance BPs along with the comments on variance vs. Latest RF
- Consolidate the reasons for deviation vs. AOP/PY/LRF for actual volume, revenues & NOPBT
- Provide Latest estimate for actuals G&A FOBO data and consolidate from different sources to construct the correct view for FOBO MU
GM Letter (monthly - 1st week)
- Consolidate and comprehend the Management team's inputs.
- Complete the Financials section after updating the NR/NOPBT Flash for the month end closing.
Monthly Rolling Forecast (monthly - 2nd week)
- Responsible for Dashboards Actualization and sharing them with the respective Finance BPs as well as the consolidation after they have provided their RF inputs.
- Partner with the different Finance BPs to be able to justify the variances across P&L line and to be able to provide the full story to internal management & sector teams.
- Responsible for COC submission, track and analyze the volume, pricing & mix results and the OPEX actual spending, understand the root cause of the deviation vs. plan/forecast/PY.
- Provide full support to the business leaders in monitoring the productivity initiatives and assess the impact on the financials.
- Provide a Risk & Opps Profile for WECA BU on a monthly basis partnering with Finance BPs across MUs.
Other FP&A Submissions (quarterly/yearly - 2nd/3rd week)
- Labor/Non-Labor
- Investment Horizon
- Commercial Offline template (AOP Submission)
MBR/QBR (monthly/quarterly - 3rd week)
- Retrieve Cockpit slides for the MBR/QBR deck build-up.
- Gather comments on Financials from respective Finance BPs
- Consolidate the Management team's input on the same deck.
Monthly Latest Estimate (monthly - 4th week)
- Gather Latest Estimate numbers from the Finance BPs before month end closing.
- G&A (monthly - 2nd week)
- Develop Planning Model for G&A cost for WECA BU
- Track & analyze the actual spending by MU & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY.
- Track and analyze the x-charges, People Cost & T&Es accruals, and actuals.
- Partner with the Finance BPs & with the Business in controlling the spending to deliver the monthly G&A KPI's & targets and close the tasks.
- Monthly monitoring of accruals & prepayments and their realization & analyze the COC Vs. plan and trends.
- Coordinate with Control to ensure completeness of all accruals (un-recorded liability)
- Review and challenge the planned assumptions in G&A line with the budget owners and ensure they are in line with the company's direction and targets.
- Responsible for the quarterly OCF submission, providing the COC to the Sector & the review with Finance Manager/CFO/Sector
- Monthly review and analyze with control all BS accounts prior to submission and present the analysis to the finance management in the monthly review.
- Track and analyze the BS KPIs versus plan and trends and provide recommendation on how to improve the working capital and achieve target.
- Track & analyze the actual cash flow results & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY.
- Review and analyze the BS accounts aging and follow-up on the needed corrective actions.
- Coordinate with Control to ensure completeness of all accruals (un-recorded liability)
Qualifications- Preferably CA/CMA/MBA Holder.
- Minimum 12+ years of experience preferably in FMCG.
- Ability to work on own initiative and within a pressurized environment.
- Possess leadership abilities and the capability to deal with people at all levels of responsibility.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent command of English language.
- Problem solving skills.
- Planning and analytical skills.
