Overview
The
Commercial Finance Business Partner - Philippines Foods will support the delivery of finance planning and productivity agenda, including overseeing the rolling forecast submission, variance analysis versus plan, and productivity for overall business. The role will also be the lead finance partner for commercial organization of Philippines Foods for all financial planning and business scenario evaluation and decision-making support.
Responsibilities
What you will be responsible for:
- Monitor and analyze monthly performance of sales and marketing activities for PH-Foods all channels (MT, TT) including variance analysis versus forecast and Plan.
- End to end Partnering with Sales, Marketing, Insights and Commercialization teams in planning and execution ofinitiatives (Launch planning, scenario simulation)
- Lead planning process for AOP + Monthly forecast from GR to NR, and AR for cash flow forecast.
- Simulate P&L and profitability assessment in launch decision making and subsequently track assumption changestowards launch/go live.
- Provide financial analysis in development of strategic and tactical plan to deliver annual/strategic plan.
- Proactively work with key decision makers in Commercial, ensuring business partners understand financialimplications of decision alternatives.
- Category/Brand P&L by Channel and by Customer for MT.
- Build commercial finance planning templates and provide inputs for SAP design at implementation stage.
- Independently drive projects with multiple workstreams & cross functional stakeholders to drive profitability.
Qualifications
What you will need to have:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Financial Management, or any relevant field.
- MBA/Master's degree and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license are a plus.
- At least 8 years of experience in Financial Planning in FMCG or any industry with matrix layer of organization
- Proven experience in commercial finance in an FMCG company will be an advantage
