• Application Deadline: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Senior Financial Analyst - Category Profitability


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 4 years


• Location Not specified


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

About the Role

• Provide value-added insights into the financial management of categories/brands, delivering category/brand topline and profitability targets.


• Drive business partnerships with Marketing, Supply Chain, Commercial teams, and other functions that play active roles in designing the category’s current and future performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the marketing and commercial teams to formulate medium to long-term financial and strategic plans.


• Act as operational finance liaison with Brand partners.


• Provide financial evaluation and scenario analysis for new market opportunities, innovation, and new business Partners.


• Finance Liaison for the marketing investment budget calculation, tracking, and reporting, including collaboration with the commercial team and brand partners.


• Support the annual business planning, rolling forecast, and Latest Estimates calculations for Product Categories.


• Identify areas of growth, risk, and opportunities via data analysis, and properly communicating with all stakeholders.


• Responsible for evaluating the financial performance of Category and brand profitability, and by comparing and analysing actual results with plans and forecasts.


• Provides Brand P&Ls, Investment sharing, data exchange, and profit-sharing reconciliation with partners.


• Engagement with different stakeholders across functions and levels.

Are These Your Secret Ingredient?

• Very strong IT skills (Advanced modelling skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and business modelling are a must SAP/BW knowledge desirable.


• Proactive mentality, dynamic personality, unafraid of challenges.


• Project management skills.


• Strong financial and analytical skills.


• Financial Accounting skills.


• Cross-functional team player.


• Ability to present financial information to a non-financial audience.


• Intellectually curious and good business intuition.

Education & Experience

• University Degree in Business Administration / Finance / Economics or equivalent as a minimum.


• Postgraduate Degree in Business Administration / Finance / Economics or Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g. CFA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA) is desirable.


• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, preferably in FMCG Multinational Organization.


• Strong understanding of commerce, product costing, and sourcing.


• Operational experience in analysing actual performance and benchmarks.


• Excellent knowledge of NPD Processes.


• Proficiency in Advanced financial modelling skills in Excel.