Commercial Finance

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Meaningful Work From Day One

This is a dual responsibility role with strong analytical support for:
Emerging Asia Finance Manager on several aspects of financial management of Emerging Asia Cluster and aligning pricing across Asia markets

Asia Regional FP&A Manager in developing and maintaining forecast templates, preparing for Monthly Business Reviews and driving communication of planning calendar and processes as well as analytical support for controllable SG&A expenses

What you can Expect;

1. Commercial Support and Analytical Insights for Emerging Asia (50%):

- Achieve a deep understanding of cluster markets and give support to the Finance Manager and Commercial Team in areas such as pricing, margin control, new SKU creation, performance evaluation, brand investment opportunities.
- Participate in and support the Finance Manager on financial aspects of monthly business reviews (MBRs). Provide monthly P&L analysis and support Finance Manager to provide insights for the cluster; track, analyze and report on discounting, growth bonuses and brand expense to ensure that internal and external stakeholders are informed and remain within budgets/projections.
- Interact with distributor finance teams under the guidance of Finance Manager, taking part in business reviews with the distributor, understanding the overall business through trade visits.
- Support Emerging Asia Finance Manager’s work as one financial resource for Scotch Brands across all Asia by providing analytical support on Scotch value chain comparisons
- Support Finance Manager and Area Managers regarding new RTC decision making/ contract renewals, and test different business possibilities leveraging external data sources as needed.
- Analyze distributor inventory as it relates to major discrepancies between shipments and depletions in relevant markets (as needed basis).
- Support the Finance Manager to ensure our financial results are accurately reported (proper expense classification within the P&L line items, properly supported accruals, monitoring of receivables, etc.).
- Perform quarterly and annual distributor margin reconciliations for the cluster and help as needed distributor bonus reconciliations.

2. FP&A Process support 50%
- Support maintenance of the planning calendar to coordinate corporate planning deadlines for quarterly forecasts, review meetings, and presentation of plans
- Support the FP&A Manager on rolling forecasting process for the Asia region and help create the revised forecast templates
- Support FP&A Manager in consolidating templates, reviewing forecasts, and challenging key assumptions, and providing a summary of Asia-wide opportunity & risks
- Help develop tools for strategic long-term planning - Scotches & other strategic brands
- Support the FP&A Manager in reviewing monthly and quarterly business results, update charts and slides for the EI MBR/QBR incorporating impactful visuals and content to facilitate compelling business story-telling around Asia performance
- Support tracking of Brand Expense and reinvestment rates for Asia markets
- Provide support on special projects and other ad hoc projects as required

What You Bring to the Table
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field with at 1 - 5 years post qualification experience.
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions independently based on logical assumptions and factual information.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects to completion by agreed deadlines.
- Familiar working with foreign currencies, exchange rates, and conversion factors.
- Fluency in English language.

What You Can Add to the Team
- Ability to take initiative and step up in the face of ambiguity
- Ability to think conceptually and strategically
- Superior analytical and mathematical skills with ability to make sound business decisions
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Sound judgment
- Influencing skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Great customer focus
- Adaptability to change

Requisition Type:
Employee

Management Level:
Professional

Global Job Level:
P6

Number of Openings Available:
0