Assistant Manager Finance - Planning & Reporting

Systems Limited; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Limited seeks an Assistant Manager Finance - Planning & Reporting to drive robust forecasting and reporting. You will collaborate with senior finance partners and stakeholders across markets, ensuring timely, high-quality BAU planning tasks and monthly SOP cadence.

The role requires a professional accounting qualification, 3+ years in a global FMCG-like environment, and proficiency with BI/BPC, SAP, or ERP.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial planning, forecasting, reporting for multi-site business.
• Knowledge of BI/BPC, SAP or ERP systems and data management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance; professional qualification adds advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of planning meetings, budgets, and actuals per SLAs.
• Improve processes; maintain SOPs and control documentation.
• Handle inquiries and ad hoc reporting; provide training to customers/sites.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and drive proactive engagement.
• Automate processes using technical solutions to improve efficiency.
• Ensure monthly forecasting rhythm is understood by leadership with clear drivers of change.
• Collaborate with Corporate and Commercial Finance teams to deliver insights and ad-hoc analysis.
• Work with local GBS Finance teams and cross-functional teams on improvements.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Process automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA

Tools

BI/BPC

SAP

ERP system

Job description

Systems Limited is looking for Assistant Manager Finance - Planning & Reporting

ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES

This role’s day-to-day focus is on working with the market to deliver robust and agile financial forecasting, reporting, and important analysis, often for senior Finance partners and key business meetings.

This role requires close collaboration with both the Associate Manager and Financial Controller, Regional Corporate office, and heavily involved in dealing directly with senior stakeholders from end markets. Key results include driving the monthly SOP rhythm, ensuring we have a clear view of our bottom-up financial position along with sensitivities and gap close recommendations.

This role interacts with the Finance Controller to ensure BASS strategic objectives of standardization, scalability, and consolidation are met. You will also be required to ensure all monthly business as usual (BAU) tasks relating to planning & reporting are completed on time and to a high quality.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

• Lead the delivery of financial information and scenarios required for planning meetings, budget and for actuals in line with the agreed service level agreements of our customers & meeting the targets/expectations.
• Drive operational improvements to better simplify and integrate processes and maintain complete and accurate standard operating procedures and support control documentation requirements.
• Handle accounting policy and procedure inquiries and ad hoc reporting and analysis requests; provide periodic customer/site training.
• Ensure customer needs and relationships are fulfilled and improved through proactive involvement and interaction.
• Develop and assist in automating processes utilizing innovative technical and processing solutions.
• Driving a high-quality monthly forecasting rhythm, ensuring the Associate Finance Manager & Financial Controller is able to understand the latest bottom-up financial positions and cause of change in each cluster.
• Collaborating closely with Corporate and Commercial Finance team members at the end market, to drive a robust management forecasting and reporting process, provisioning of financial insights, ad-hoc analysis, and facilitating an environment where simplification and continuous improvement are prioritized.
• Works closely with other local GBS Finance teams (R2R Teams) and will have opportunities to work with cross-functional teams to focus on specific operational improvement and/or analysis and insight projects.

CAN THIS BE YOUR FUTURE ROLE?

• Are you experienced in Financial Planning, Reporting, Forecasting, and Target Delivery?
• Are you a professionally qualified accountant?

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE

• At least 3 years of proven experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment
• A detailed understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, specifically BI/BPC, SAP, or ERP equivalent
• Understand the impact of the accounting process and practice.
• Understand the platforms and analyze reports, identify issues and challenges within reports functionalities and data.
• Able to drive projects and operational improvements and manage a remote customer base model.
• Attention to detail, analytical, proactive, and can work under pressure with minimum supervision.
• Knowledgeable in identifying risks and in implementing controls.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance. Master’s/Professional accountancy qualification i.e., CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA will be an added advantage.