Overview
The role is accountable for Leading a team of Sales Finance analysts along with consolidating results and presenting Period Closing and AOP / Forecasting to BU partners. Supporting monthly review meetings, responsible for BU / Categories / Channels P&L, enhancing Governance, partnering with BU partners, CFO, Commercial, NRM, FP&A & SCF teams.
Responsibilities
Monthly closing and Forecast:
- Validate data based on the system/ input provided, make accruals;
- Make the final Customer PL review and check the data (Cockpit, TM1, TPM);
- Prepare to monthly close review meetings and present the information to FLT
- Deliver planning cycles (Annual plan and monthly forecast): Submit the Rolling forecast, load revenues to Mosaic (all conditions / budgets),
Drive Insights & CI agenda:
- Prepare and provide all the analyses and management reports at a Country level;
- Identify knowledge gaps and bottlenecks in the process and take timely actions to structurally solve them, proactively eliminate issues and escalate with relevant stakeholders to ensure on target team performance
- Constantly develop analysis and team tools to support decision making processes, adapt reporting for flexible requirements; cooperate with the Process Excellence team to investigate automation opportunities;
Team Leadership responsibilities:
- Manage the hiring process; build and develop a high performing team with benchmarked role profiles, team skills gap assessment and developing their knowledge
- make a day-to-day management of team scope: coordinate and facilitate tasks and make sure that the tasks are completed within the defined time and quality, ensure a proper back-up structure is in place
- Lead and facilitate discussion on the internal and external meetings to drive efficient process and resolve issues to ensure alignment and manage expectations of the stakeholders
- Establish and maintain cooperation processes between Finance teams, Finance BP and ensure effective communication with other departments;
Qualifications
- University degree in Economics or Finance;
- 9+ years of experience in Finance;
- Experience in Team leadership for at least 1 year.
- Passion for continuous improvements and high level of curiosity to the processes supported
- Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly deep dive and define the root cause
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to work under pressure
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, strong ability to work in Excel, Alteryx, TM1 & Cockpit
- Proficiency in English language and Skills to interact with different functions
- Good problem solving, analytical skills, ability to prioritize tasks;
- Analytical skills and Strategic vision
