Financial Planning Analyst

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Degree educated in relevant finance / accounting/ business
• 4-6 years' experience in
  controlling area
• Experience working within an international / multicultural environment
• Solid finance knowledge with experience in FP&A and cost controlling
• Fluent English knowledge
• Strong Excel knowledge and solid tech knowledge (e.g. SAP, Power BI)

For the above reason successful candidates should have a combination of skills like:

• Strong analytical skills to be able to see and understand the big picture and deliver high level message.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills who maintains great relationship with key stakeholders.
• Customer focus - with ability to effectively prioritize issues and build on knowledge and experience when making decisions in own area of responsibility.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Proactivity - in managing owned area with a long-term perspective.
• Trust - Deliver on promises and takes ownership of delivering on promises.
• Integrity – maintains integrity and generates trust in others across a range of situations.
• Curiosity - reflect a strong personal commitment to consumers, customers and Brands.

Leadership Responsibilities:

The overhead lead analyst's main responsibility is to build strong relationship with market senior stakeholders and to lead the Overhead Agenda being responsible for Annual Planning, O&R, Actual reporting and variance analysis.

It is expected to generate insights into issues quickly, to prioritize effectively and develop solutions that drive the business forward.

The overhead lead analyst will actively work with other departments, other markets' business partners, COE Regional and Global Lead and OH GPO to improve way of working and to add value to the business.

Adhering Capabilities:

Be Authentic

• Stands for what is right and important and does what they say without

exception, demonstrating the kind of integrity that inspires others

• Builds and sustains trust through real relationships, challenging

effectively wherever necessary

Find Solutions

• Think of the future, anticipate trends and opportunities.
• Generate ideas and move them to action.
• Develop and apply a great understanding of the business.

Create conditions for people to succeed

• Builds alignment; committed to outstanding teamwork
• Provides the context for others to own the outcome

Consistently Deliver Great Performance

• Finds solutions, influences delivery of results for the business
• Judging when or where to intervene

Grow yourself

• Develop self-awareness, know own strengths and development needs
• Grow capability and experience.
• Look for and respond to feedback

Purpose of Role:

1. Takes full responsibility for the day-to-day management of overheads with adherence to the internal control procedures.
2. Supports stakeholders to understand overheads and issues, ensure the financial implications of these are captured correctly in the financial and statutory statements.
3. Support stakeholders through value-add analysis, understanding movements in overheads, root cause of issues/business reasons behind variances and accurate presentation of Opportunities & Risks.
4. Ensures that queries from stakeholders are dealt promptly and courteously.
5. Ensures smooth and accurate month end closes and maximize benefits of globalized system processes.
6. Contribute with ideas, energy, enthusiasm and support to the continuous improvement of Overhead processes.
7. Ensures that Overhead policies and procedures are understood and followed.
8. Supports the internal and external audits.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities:

The overhead lead analyst is responsible for providing decision support and taking ownership for Overheads including:

1. High quality stakeholder management
2. Act like an owner to manage overhead costs proactively and with a long-term perspective and with a focus to improve processes.
3. Lead the annual planning, deliver monthly reporting/causals/analysis and actively work/collaborate with budget holders/functions (HR/Legal/etc) with a focus on accuracy.
4. Ensures early visibility of gaps, risks & opportunities and any contingencies are shared and reviewed when addressing gaps, coupled with actions defined leading to the right outcomes.
5. Ensures that financial processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, on

time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered.