Finance Controller / Sr Finance Analyst - 9mths contract

Duration : 9mths contract

Criteria:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or any related field
• Experience: 4-6 years in Finance department or related field

Skills:

• Detail oriented, multitasker, and problem solver
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexible, and able to work independently and under pressure
• Commercial and analytical mindset
• Good team player and effective communication with different stakeholders
• Strong knowledge in Microsoft Office (especially PPT & Excel)
• Must have knowledge in SAP
• Fluent in English

Areas of Responsibilities and Related Activities:

Budget & Forecasting:

• Participate actively to the construction of the budget and forecast for distributor markets in close collaboration with the local commercial teams
• Coordinates all departments involved in the budget preparation data, also complying with Area and Group guidelines
• Ensures timely upload of budget ad forecast data in HFM

Controlling & Reporting:

• Sharing of the variances analysis with Controlling Manager and support the Business in understanding trends and taking decisions
• Perform P&L simulations for year-end forecasts and prepare Presentations for Region, Area and Group stakeholders
• Prepare new product P&L simulation working together with Marketing and Group Industrial teams

Innovation & Profitability Improvement:

• SKU's profitability check and P&L preparation with Finance/Marketing/Sales Department
• De-complexity check and improvement proposal on existing SKU portfolio co shared with Controlling and Marketing teams
• Contribute to the preparation of the Promotion ROI analysis and improvement proposal to the local team
• Finance Business partner for ad-hoc projects requiring financial support and analysis

Purpose, Responsibilities & Objectives:

Ensuring the proper planning process (Budget, Forecast) respecting group/company timings, mostly taking care of distributor markets.

Supporting Sales and Trade marketing departments with financial efficiency assessment and guidance.

Closely partnering with Chocolate product Category for all P&L related simulations.

Supporting the preparation of monthly meeting i.e. Region Board, Area Board and Business Reviews.

Developing advanced financial analysis with the aim of optimizing the business performances of the Region, tackling both the portfolio and the channel / customer mix.

Salary: AED25,000/month