Finance Manager

Overview

Essential

• Highly organized and responsive, with ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines

• Numerate and a lateral thinker, good at data analysis, with a strong attention to detail

Responsibilities

Functional Responsibilities

• Provide overall support for the period end results and preparation of forecast

• Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports

• Working across multiple Finance functions to deliver Period forecast

• Understand key drivers of the P&L

• Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance

• Performance analysis, including explanation of variance to plan, forecast and year ago

• Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process

• Create Channel/Customer promotional analysis to support business partners

• Maintain complex Excel models

• Develop PowerPoint presentiation to communicate business results and insights

• Manage exceptions through verbal and written interactions with Sales and Sales Finance

• Trade accrual process including quarterly merch scrubs

• Collaborate with sales and finance functions on ad-hoc projects

• Create an inclusive and collaborative environment

People Responsibilities

• Coach and on- board new members of the team in ways of working and processes

Qualifications

• 5 to 6 years of experience in finance and planning for post graduates (commerce, accounting, finance) (2 to 5 years of finance experience for Chartered accounts preferred)

• Experience in financial analysis, data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, Business Objects, Essbase

• Tableau knowledge

• Strong excel skills

• Able to work independently and takes initiative

• Capable of managing multiple time sensititive priorities simultaneously

• Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance

• Ability to function well in a team environment

• Consistently shows urgency, courtesy and patience

• Exceptional communication skills.

• Proficiency in English language