Key Responsibilities:
Provide financial assessment and analysis including pricing, product innovation, marketing activities, sales promotion and merchandising, capital investment, and other commercial projects
Conduct ad- hoc analysis as assigned by the manager and BU
Provide effective planning, leading, and coordination of the marketing and commercial departments’ annual budgeting and periodic review exercises in line with local and corporate requirements both from category and by channel.
Fulfill the role of a business partner by assisting the Managing Director, Marketing Director, Commercial Director, and other managers in the departments in strategy development and translation of short and medium- term targets; challenge commercial management by identifying and proposing possibilities that increase sustainable profitable growth.
Provide induction/training to business partners and colleagues on maintenance of financial operations (provision, actual spending, etc.) including the proper accounting thereof by SOA. (Including basic training for marketing and cross- functional team for financial awareness).
Provide the Marketing/ Customer Development Department/ GTM/ Sales functions with regular reporting of deviations. Prepare and analyze financial forecasts on an annual, quarterly, and monthly basis to evaluate the category’s performance to identify trends and underlying business issues
Provide full financial partnership to Marketing, Commercial functions to ensure commercial activities and performance are properly analyzed, measured, and translated into financial values to achieve improving marketing activities’ efficiency and financial targets.
Lead planning process for Strategic Planning, Annual Operating Plan, and monthly forecast from gross to net, commercial investments.
Update the market environment to build market & consumer insight.
Drive critical cross- functional projects such as distributor financing, and new channel development… which require a partnership with external parties such as bank partners, customers, distributors, and vendors.
Key Skills & Experience Required :
At least five years of related working experience in commercial finance, category finance, customer finance, and FP&R
Strong commercial acumen
Attention to detail, problem- solving, and analytical skills
Highly motivated, proactive, results- oriented, and a team player. A pioneer who enjoys being part of a young, dynamic, and growing company.
Financial modeling and analysis- advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
University degree in Accounting or Finance. Other Business/Accounting/Finance Professional qualifications such as MBA/CPA/ACCA/CMA is a plus
Strong communication, people skills, constructive challenge, and being inquisitive
FMCG background and way of working
