Regional FP&A Finance Manager

Time Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance consultancy seeks a Regional FP&A Finance Manager in Cape Town. The role involves financial planning, forecasting, and analysis for the Africa and Middle East regions. Candidates should have 5 years of FMCG or liquor industry experience and strong skills in financial analysis and reporting. This position demands excellent communication, analytical skills, and proficiency in financial tools like Power BI.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in business controlling and/or finance in LIQUOR/FMCG industry.
• Fluent in English; French is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of financial tools and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly reports on revenue and variance.
• Develop and maintain performance tracking tools.
• Coordinate business reporting and customer risk inquiries.

Skills

Financial planning and analysis

Excel (macro, programming)

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Relevant degree qualification

Tools

Power BI

ESSBASE

Microsoft database

Job description

Regional FP&A Finance Manager required in Johannesburg.

Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting & Analysis? Is this your strength in FP&A management with excellent mathematical expertise & a strong passion for sales and marketing?

Our global team in CPT requires your experience for Africa and Middle East regions. Must have an excellent track record in the regional financial planning and analysis sector – FMCG / Luxury Brands / Alcohol sectors.

Requirements:

• 5 years experience in business controlling and/or finance – LIQUOR / FMCG industry.
• Relevant degree qualification, English fluent, French is advantageous
• Strong financial planning and analysis skills.
• Experience in generating process documentation and reports.
• Good business understanding, interested in sales and marketing.
• Strong knowledge of Excel (macro, programming), PowerPoint, multi-dimensional tools (ESSBASE, EOS, Microsoft database type) are necessary.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Integrity and rigor are a must, as well as pro activity and team spirit.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Strong customer service orientation
• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations

Duties and Responsibilities:

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

• Prepare ACTUAL monthly reports – Revenue, Variance, Mid-Month, Month End forecasting.
• Coordinate business reporting (monthly shipments/depletions/stock tracking)
• Develop, maintain accurate & user-friendly performance tracking tools (Power BI and others)
• Aggregate reporting & insights to identify risks & opportunities vs forecast.
• Coordinate efficient information flow & coordinate customer risk queries
• Partner with FD in preparing Business Reviews and adhoc analysis.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Lead financial forecast processes
• Build LE/Budget/R&O forecasts for Regional Office
• Support Regional Team in a five year plan update and Brand Planning.
• A&P + FUNDS TO THE TRADE
• Consolidate monthly reporting files to analyse Actual vs Forecast
• Coordinate the tracking to ensure efficient process across European market
• Follow up Regional A&P budgets vs Actual, prepare monthly and end of year accruals
• Perform audit on invoices received (reality check) and keep record of justification.
• Manage Risk & opportunity to monitor FY landing estimate versus budget/

OVERHEAD COSTS

• Lead forecast processes for European regional office and SA market
• Build and consolidate monthly reporting files to analyse forecasts
• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual reporting providing monthly follow-up
• Prepare monthly & end of year accruals for Regional office and Company.

PRICING PROCESS

• Manage Price list update process to ensure efficiency and control, monitoring price impacts and gap versus budget/
• Lead price lists continuous improvement to drive consistency across Region
• Maintain prices accuracy in the central price list and in the Distributor platform database

REPORTING TOOLS

• Develop dynamic ways to visualize big data sets to empower Management for effective decision taking (with various tools such as Power BI etc.)
• Improve ways of working on existing internal reports to gain efficiency.

ANALYSIS & BUSINESS PARTNERING

• Support the team to create pertinent presentation for Senior Executive meetings
• Ad-hoc analysis of business results for different stakeholders
• Be a business partner of the new projects/key topics driven in Europe providing the team with new ideas, new technical solutions and concretize the analysis to achieve the business objective.