Senior Director of Forecasting & Scenario Planning

PPC Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; Full time

Job description

An international leader in the FMCG sector is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Senior Director: Forecasting and Scenario Planning to Lead development of finance analysis (value chain analysis, financial modelling, opportunity assessment, return on investment analysis, cash flow analysis and other financial tools) to develop recommendations to business leads and strategy assessments to support decision making.

Experience and Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business or related field, with a master’s is preferred.
• 7+ years of global financial management experience with responsibility for operations with people and resources management experience.
• Experienced in Annual Business Planning and strategic thinking including applying forecasting techniques and skills to develop and evaluate business goals and strategies, analyzing information to derive insights and implications to initiate planning/re-planning, and controlling actual results vs. budget.
• Must possess ability to motivate and develop talent and to collaborate with cross-functional peers to define the business plan/rolling estimated deliverables.
• Strong understanding of customer P&L management (including drivers of volume, revenue, and gross profit), revenue growth management capabilities, forecasting and trade spend effectiveness.
• Ability to evaluate business planning goals/strategies and analyze financials to derive insights and initiate gap solving for Customer leadership team.
• Strong change management capabilities – demonstrates innovation and creativity to create business solutions; ability to influence/gain alignment across divergent perspectives.
• Skills:
• Leadership; Financial Management; Business Performance; Annual Business Planning; Financial Modeling; Budgeting; Analytical Thinking; Management Reporting; Communication; Teamwork; Financial Analysis; Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A); Work Collaboratively; Finance; Cross-Functional Teamwork

KPIs

• Lead development of finance analysis (value chain analysis, financial modelling, opportunity assessment, return on investment analysis, cash flow analysis and other financial tools) to develop recommendations to business leads and strategy assessments to support decision making.
• Forecasting and business analytics leadership of volume and revenue forecast while ensuring a high level of forecast accuracy is delivered.
• Analysis of business results and recommending forward actions to close gaps to plan or accelerate the business results.
• Analysis of business performance for gaps versus plan and lead the development of contingencies/solves for leadership teams.
• Understand external and competitive category performance to inform decisions. Leadership in financial management with the customer team, which requires strong customer focus and influence.
• Communicate and interpret findings across brand, category and consumer based on financial analysis that provides additional perspectives on implications, risk, opportunity and trends.
• Build value-based relationships with Brand, Customer, Commercial, RGM, Franchise, Supply Chain, Legal and other key associates.
• Review, improve, provide input, approve and present completed analyses that requires expert knowledge of financial models and application of strategic and operational measures to assess economic and commercial viability of proposed investments.
• Responsible for leading a team – recruit, develop and sustain a diverse and high-performing team. Coach, guide, and mentor team in managing and building their quantitative and analytical skills. Establishing key relationships that can be leveraged to strengthen team capabilities and to provide career advancement opportunities in the organization.