Finance Business Partner

Informazioni sul ruolo

Tosupportourvaluecreationjourney,theFinanceBusinessPartnerplaysacriticalroleinprovidingfinancialleadershipanddecisionsupportinlinewithourbusinessstrategies.Alongwithprovidingvisibilityandinsightsonfinancialperformance,yousteerthebusinessperformancetodeliveronfinancialsobjectives.Youwillalsobeontheforefrontofdrivingourdigitalreportingjourneyandenablingthedemocratizationoffinancialdata.TherolewillalsobusinesspartnerourAdvertisment,ConsumerPromotion&Display(ACP&D)budgetandLogisticcosts.YouwillbereportingintotheUnitFP&AManagerandbepartofadiverse&motivatedfinanceteam.TheroleisbasedMilanwithalocalemploymentcontract.

Responsabilità

• Supportstep1(PMR),Step2(DMR)andStep3(SMR)oftheS&OP+process.
• Collaborate closely with the S&OP+ leader to drive / understand the right discussion across the entire S&OP+ cycle.Facilitatestep4(IR)andpreparestep5(MBR). Facilitate step 4 (IR) and prepare step 5 (MBR). Reviewing performance and outlook against plan / expectations and identify actions to be taken. Ensure fundamental decisions and gaps to plan are appropriately escalated to step 4. Modelling of financial shape and outlook, with strong directional periodic forecasts - volumes, NSV and profit expectations reflective of product / customer mix.
• Prepares the periodic financial reporting, including performance analysis and comments for management and other stakeholders.
• Supports the financial shaping process and target settings. Ensuring financial plans are fully aligned to the strategic direction and aspirations of the business.
• Drives local digital reporting journey and drive financial acumen as well as value creation mindset within the organization through proper communication, education and / or influence.
• Ensure adherence to Trade Spend budgets throughout the year, and take corrective action where necessary
• Initiate, lead, and manage projects which will improve current business processes / procedures and deliver against strategy (including S&OP+ and resource allocation)
• Builds effective cross-functional networks at all levels of the organization (Unit, Region, Global) to ensure effective communication.

ACP&D Business Partnering

• Partners with the budget owners to ensure that ACP&D investment is align with strategic priorities and that their ACP&D spend is align with approved budgets.
• Drives strong governance of the AC&P budget and provide accurate accruals as part of our closing process.
• Responsible for the financial analysis / impact of the effectiveness of promotional activities and trade investments to drive value creation and to drive portfolio and customer mix as per business strategy.

Supply Business Partnering

• Support Logistic Team in Supply projects costs and ROI assessment, AEP process and forecast process.
• Partners with the budget owners to ensure that the logistic costs are aligned with approved budgets
• Drives strong governance of the logistic budget and provide accurate accruals as part of our closing process.

Context and scope

This role interacts with departments across the Unit’s organization, especially with Demand and Supply by providing forward looking financial insight on market conditions and alternative business scenarios.

• Works closely with Demand Functions and Supply to provide quality financial insights for decision making.
• Oversees group reporting to provide a perspective on the topline and P&L trends, identifying opportunities, challenges and proposing actions to address them.
• Support leadership team to provide financial and market data to support decision making
• Supports S&OP+ process contributing to the reconciliation and preparation of the MBR deck for discussion.
• Support SRM process (Sales Revenue Management Initiatives) in the unit.
• Provide visibility to all Associates on the company’s financials, through financial insights on business and specific trainings on financial data and tools.

Job Specification

• Education & Professional Qualification
• Bachelor’s degree in Economy, Finance, Accounting or related fields
• Professional proficiency in English
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with Power BI is a plus
• Good communication skills
• Minimum 3 years in a similar position ideally for a FMCG multinational company.
• Navision
• Hyperion Oracle
• Excel / Power BI
• Strong sense of business, critical thinking, approachability, communication, organization agility and ROI mindset are the main features required for this position.

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