FP&A WE & Americas

About the role

This is a new position in the team of Financial Planning and Analysis with a focus on supporting mainly the commercial organisation (Revenue and direct Operating expenses).

The nature of the role includes: i) analysing and understanding Actual performance; ii) business partnering with Country Managing directors on matters involving efficiencies and business opportunities; and iii) supporting the forecasting and Budget processes.

The incumbent will be an ambitious professional tasked with building trusted relationships with stakeholders and providing financial information for decision-making in a timely manner.

You will have the opportunity to join a new project in a new location and develop your career in a truly international and digital oriented environment

Main duties and responsibilities

• Partner with Accounting to understand Actual performance and manage closing process

• Monthly Actuals analysis and report performance to business leaders and VP FP&A, including variance analyses versus Budget and Prior Year/Prior-Covid

• Support running the budgeting process for the European commercial organisation in collaboration with the rest of the FP&A team; this includes to maintain and further develop the various Budget modelling tools.

• Business partnering with business leaders and respective teams to provide them with relevant financial information in a timely manner to support the decision making of which (list not exhaustive):

  • Run various analyses of volume, mix, and margins by drivers

  • Service and refunding mix analyses

  • Understand current processes and flows within Business and back office to be able to challenge and recommend improvements.

• Support the VP Financial Planning and Analysis and CFO on a number of initiatives linked with FP&A activities

Preferable skills and competencies

• Strong Excel modelling skills with the ability to handle data in an efficient way, able to identify key business performance drivers and model them via KPIs;

• Good understanding of accounting principles and the dynamics between P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

• Solid analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets as well as having an “helicopter view”

• Experience in reporting development and knowledge of Hyperion, Smartview, ESSBase would be a plus

• Business acumen, with experience in dealing with commercial matters and ability to bring appropriate business responses which generate shareholder value

• Strong communication and presentation skills in multinational and multicultural environment

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team.

• Strong prioritisation skills to organise at time intense workload and ability to multitask.

• Fluent in spoken and written English

Education and Experience

• Graduated in Finance, Economics or Accounting.

• International Professional Finance qualification will be a plus

• Minimum of 2 years of successful background experience in FP&A roles with 5 years in total of experience in Finance roles. Preferably in Audit or Accounting roles in a Blue Chip / FMCG / Big 4 industries

• Commercial exposure is a key requirement for this job role