Associate Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

Education & Experience

Simple Criteria D = Desired - R = Required

• R - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Economics/Finance
  
• R - 5+ years’ experience in Financial Planning and Analysis
  
• R - Fluent in English, People Oriented, Proactive
  
• R - Exposure and interest in ERP and comfortable with IT, including Power BI.
  
• R - Exposure in Consumer Products & Retail industry
  
• D - Professional Accounting certification such as ACA, ACCA, CFA.
  
• D - MBA in financial management and planning is an added advantage.
  
• D - JDE, ANAPLAN, S2M & HFM knowledge is a plus.
  
• D - Professional knowledge of French is a plus.
  

• Plan, collect data and prepare annual budgets/Rolling Forecast, monthly and quarterly financial forecasts, operating plan and modeling tools in conjunction with the Finance Manager and Sales/Marketing teams.
  
• Submit, follow-up and justify budget components to the local management and to finance team.
  
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures.
  
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance Supervision of Financial Analyst(s).
  
• Develop analysis of variances against the operational plan, rolling forecast and business plan, suggest adequate corrective actions where needed.
  
• Prepare rebates set-up, ensure proper calculation and manage their payments
  
• Preparation of working capital analysis, P&L and balance sheet
  
• Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports
  
• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs, menu pricing, new store rollouts as well as new projects.
  
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives
  
• Providing all departments (sales, marketing, HR, Supply chain) with the necessary financial analysis and information