Role
The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager is involved in all aspects of accounting and oversees the day-to-day activities of the accounting team. He/She ensures that the organisation's finance function is well organised as well as producing timely and accurate management accounts, thus achieving compliance with corporate policies and statutory requirements. He/She analyses data and understands the financial performance and position of the organisation in order to perform variance analysis and identify key causes of business variances for performance measurement. This role covers multiple business units across several geographies.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Generate monthly management accounts & vet the accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements
- Establish, improve & maintain robust internal financial control systems, including ensuring ERP software is well maintained, always updated, and properly configured in order to provide sound financial visibility across the business
- Liaise with business units to provide insights on performance and efficiency to facilitate achievement of departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
- Formulate pricing strategies to protect & grow gross margins across the business
- Perform financial scenario analysis to support strategic business decisions
- Actively monitor product & channel gross margins, making recommendations to business units to maximise profitability
- Liaise with internal and external functions to promote understanding of business performance.
- Perform analysis of revenue performance and growth, profit and loss reports, operating variances, revenue reports and key performance indicators.
- Actively monitor operating costs and propose cost improvement to business units.
Requirements:
- Minimum 8 years experience in FP&A
- Bachelor of Accountancy
- CPA preferred
- FMCG, F&B experience preferred
- Proactive, positive attitude
