Finance Controller - Sales & Marketing

Nestlé SA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the FMCG sector is seeking a Co-pilot Generating Demand based in Riyadh. This role involves providing financial analysis and supporting the Sales and Marketing teams to ensure optimal resource allocation and compliance with legal requirements. The candidate will contribute to the development of commercial strategies and facilitate ongoing training for the customer sales team.

Qualifications

• Educational background in Finance is essential.
• Experience in controlling and FMCG sectors preferred.
• Proven capabilities in conducting financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasting and align with monthly business planning.
• Optimize investments and ensure adherence to financial practices.
• Monitor sales performances and provide financial guidance.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Demand Generation

Collaboration

Commercial Strategy

Budget Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Tools

MS Office

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Nestlé Waters KSA – Almanhal Water Factory (Position based in Almanhal Water Factory - Riyadh Industrial Area)

Position Summary

-Co-pilot Generating Demand (Sales & Marketing), providing financial/economic analysis to assure/facilitate the optimal use of Commercial & Maketing resources and lead to sustainable growth.
- Ensures that Sales & Marketing operations adhere to financial, legal requirements and Nestlé Accounting practices

Key responsibilities:

• Participate in the development of the customer and channel strategy and follow through to all elements commercial execution. All customers & channels (modern trade, traditional, eCommerce etc) need to be given appropriate focus and resources.
• Lead the forecast of NNS, TTS, Customer Contribution to ensure alignment with monthly business planning and the Dynamic Forecast: planning calender, training, top down, allocation exercise aligning with stakeholders, while ensuring achieving target.
• Identify Risk & Opportunuties, as well as corrective actions to close gap.
• Challenge assumptions in seeking new opportunities.Be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives validate and review proposed savings.
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis and simulations and support business units queries.-
• Optimize trade & PFME spend investments:
• Identify the most efficient & effective way to perform pre& post evaluation (financial & commercial) and ensure that the analysis is completed; learning log is maintained with key learnings implemented.
• Ensure procedures are in place to determine if Nestlé is getting performance in line with customer agreements.
• Leverage Customer Contribution Statements as a Management Tool .
• Monthly reporting: Prepare, analyse & communicate sales & PFME achievement. Compare to Budget, identify Gap that will be then worked in the DF process to close with corrective actions.
• Monitor evolution of Sales Force MOGE’s and advise sales organisation on annual resource planning and variance tracking.
• Support Marketing team in monitoring budget:
• in the frame of Budgeting process, build in line with Nestle / Globe best practices
• Monthly follow-up of Budgeted vs actual spending
• Coordinate closing (GR/ Accruals) in the compliant way)
• Custodian of internal controls and assurance that trade spend practices comply with internal and external guidelines
• Ensure correct allocation of cost in compliance with NAS and CSW standards. Drive improvements on the allocation process standard to improve accuracy and forecast.
• Be the Ambassador to the Finance Community from the Sales Team to ensure transparency, alignment and proactive collaboration.
• Ensure & challenge the sales team in optimizing the ROI of trade assets, by focusing the investment in customer with higher ROIs and agree on a plan with the sales team to recover under utilized assets of the Company.
• Partner with Customer Finance organization to facilitate discussion on order to cash payment cycle and to provide financial guidance in customer negotiations.
• Improve Customer Sales Team business acumen through training and ongoing Finance and Sales Analysis.

Key Experiences:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Prior experience in Contrllrolling preferably Sales
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience, preferably with experience in Sales an Marketing area
• Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable)
• Experience in a network organization with cross-functional stakeholders
• MS office expertise

Nestlé Waters KSA – Almanhal Water Factory (Position based in Almanhal Water Factory - Riyadh Industrial Area)

Position Summary

-Co-pilot Generating Demand (Sales & Marketing), providing financial/economic analysis to assure/facilitate the optimal use of Commercial & Maketing resources and lead to sustainable growth.
- Ensures that Sales & Marketing operations adhere to financial, legal requirements and Nestlé Accounting practices

Key responsibilities:

• Participate in the development of the customer and channel strategy and follow through to all elements commercial execution. All customers & channels (modern trade, traditional, eCommerce etc) need to be given appropriate focus and resources.
• Lead the forecast of NNS, TTS, Customer Contribution to ensure alignment with monthly business planning and the Dynamic Forecast: planning calender, training, top down, allocation exercise aligning with stakeholders, while ensuring achieving target.
• Identify Risk & Opportunuties, as well as corrective actions to close gap.
• Challenge assumptions in seeking new opportunities.Be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives validate and review proposed savings.
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis and simulations and support business units queries.-
• Optimize trade & PFME spend investments:
• Identify the most efficient & effective way to perform pre& post evaluation (financial & commercial) and ensure that the analysis is completed; learning log is maintained with key learnings implemented.
• Ensure procedures are in place to determine if Nestlé is getting performance in line with customer agreements.
• Leverage Customer Contribution Statements as a Management Tool .
• Monthly reporting: Prepare, analyse & communicate sales & PFME achievement. Compare to Budget, identify Gap that will be then worked in the DF process to close with corrective actions.
• Monitor evolution of Sales Force MOGE’s and advise sales organisation on annual resource planning and variance tracking.
• Support Marketing team in monitoring budget:
• in the frame of Budgeting process, build in line with Nestle / Globe best practices
• Monthly follow-up of Budgeted vs actual spending
• Coordinate closing (GR/ Accruals) in the compliant way)
• Custodian of internal controls and assurance that trade spend practices comply with internal and external guidelines
• Ensure correct allocation of cost in compliance with NAS and CSW standards. Drive improvements on the allocation process standard to improve accuracy and forecast.
• Be the Ambassador to the Finance Community from the Sales Team to ensure transparency, alignment and proactive collaboration.
• Ensure & challenge the sales team in optimizing the ROI of trade assets, by focusing the investment in customer with higher ROIs and agree on a plan with the sales team to recover under utilized assets of the Company.
• Partner with Customer Finance organization to facilitate discussion on order to cash payment cycle and to provide financial guidance in customer negotiations.
• Improve Customer Sales Team business acumen through training and ongoing Finance and Sales Analysis.

Key Experiences:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Prior experience in Contrllrolling preferably Sales
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience, preferably with experience in Sales an Marketing area
• Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable)
• Experience in a network organization with cross-functional stakeholders