Assistant Manager - Demand Analyst

Job Title: Assistant Manager - Demand Analyst

About the Function:  

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we’re utilising our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future — no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we’ll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

About the role:

• To support Region lead position, who is responsible for preparing and presenting reports and information to support the senior management in decisions on financial and business forecasting areas on regional level.

• To be responsible for operational, day to day management of financial data to ensure financial control, derive insights, support decision making and make recommendations to improve performance.

Role Responsibilities:

Planning & Strategy

• Support annual planning cycle on regional level for volume, NSV, BTL, TTL, OH with collection the information and work with relevant clusters/region/ functions and give input to the consolidated AOP.

• Play active role to be a bridge between region and head office to channel the necessary financial information.

Performance Management

• Actual vs budget analysis of P&L (NSV, BTL, TTL, OH) for RPC for MFR and MOR discussion for the relevant region incl commentary and O&R

• Actualization of BTL for the relevant region

• Prepare analyses and present financial data to support regional MFR and MOR, and COO's and RCFH's decision

• Analysis / Preparation of SKU Level Profitability of all Brands at regional Level. Giving clear picture of CAAP level components, corresponding Make Cost, Distribution Cost, A&P, Levies

• Crafting the CAAP Level BPM Data base of Regional D&S Business performance - Brand wise Performance, RPC Performance, give input to Overall National performance (scorecard).

Controllership activities

• Ensure control procedures are strictly adhered to in line with global processes and standards.

• Support Regional lead in monthly balance sheet review.

Book closure activities and reporting

• Preparation and distribution of flash reporting

• Provide support in execution of processes and plans for effective business partnering and ensure seamless controls

• Support the team with pricing reviews and business performance call

• Prepare, calculate and initiate relevant regional journals and provisions

Governance & Compliance

• Collaborate with the stakeholders to meet auditor’s requirement on schedule and variance analysis

• Ensure adherence to CARM process.

Experience / skills required:

B.com/M.com with 4 to 8 years of PQE or ICWA or CA inter with 2 to 4 years of PQE.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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