Overview

• Channel partner reporting including insightful commentary on variances and business performance with What – if and scenario analysis
• Financial Modelling, Brand Gross Margin Analysis
• Owning the delivery of certain Innovation P&L with the Marketing and Commercial Finance Analyst and present in forums where applicable
• Find insights and trends to support decision making by commercial finance manager and in turn the Marketing / Category teams
• Leading and owning the month end JVs
• Other adhoc data and report requests
• Participate in Weekly connects with Commercial team and Finance team, KAMs, DPs to review KPIs and performance, process accuracy

Responsibilities

• Creating and presenting management decks along with commentaries for volume, price, mix & net revenue
• Region, Channel & brand performance and variance analysis vs Plan, Forecast & Last Year
• Customer performance and variance analysis review
• Month end forecast and analysis of drivers for change
• Variance analysis and commentaries
• Creation of periodic forecast, actualization and forecast deck preparation with commentaries of drivers of change
• Business partnering with Cross Functional teams and acting as Finance Business Partner
• Adhoc analysis
• Leading transformation projects
• AOP - model building and consolidation, deck preparation
• Creating & maintaining excel models for reporting & analysis
• Calculating monthly sales estimated Landing and give commentary on the same
• Closely working with Finance Leaders, Sales Team to identify variances and opportunities for improving the revenue through effective price management, optimum trade spend recommendations.
• Identifying Risks & Opportunities and reporting to the leadership & FP&A Teams.
• Doing post event analysis at Brand, Product & SKU level.

Qualifications

• 7-8 years of experience in finance and planning
• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in commerce/business administration / economic with high level of Finance & Accounting Experience. CA/ICWAI/MBA/CPA Finance is preferred
• Sound knowledge of Financial systems (SAP ECC, TM1, Mosaic, Cockpit, Tableau, Power BI MS Office Excel & PPT)
• Strong understanding of business processes
• Strong technical knowledge and experience of both Management reporting and planning processes
• Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in English language