Provides key financial support to Country and Central FP&A Managers, creating strong trust relationship with all the stakeholders.
Works directly with FP&As in the preparation of the monthly closing process on sales and OpEx and provides relevant analysis of variance to plan and last year.
Provides monthly financial reports on sales, COGS, inventory, OpEx, OpInc,… to FP&As and business stakeholders.
Defines in collaboration with FP&As new financial reports to track performance and roll out training to FP&As and business stakeholders.
Assists the FP&As in the analysis of performance trends or any adhoc analysis on sales and opex and investigates significant variance to plan.
Responsible for the calculation of employees quarterly commissions.
Participates in the definition of sales reps annual targets.
Supports FP&As in the annual financial plan and forecasts by preparing relevant templates and managing all financial data into the financial systems.
Provides on-going user assistance and training on financial systems.
Key participant in any FP&A processes, including the preparation of quarterly business review.
Keep an open bidirectional communication channel with the divisional FP&As, being the FinOps representative for the assigned division.
Accountable for all the reports delivered to his/her division, granting accuracy and compliance to policies and deadlines.
Assess competitors and industry best practices and analyze State of the art, in order to propose innovation initiatives.
Participate as a key player in new developments and European/Corporate projects.
What are we looking for in you?
Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or similar.
Around 5+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or Finance Operations.
Continuous improvement mindset with attention to details.
Proactivity and ability to plan workload autonomously, keeping team spirit.
Used to work with tight deadlines.
Communication skills to deliver presentation at top management level and to influence others in a well-grounded manner.
Nice to have experience in matrix organizations.
Fluent in English (working language). Additional European language is considered a plus.
Strong Excel knowledge and systems adoption (Tableau, Hyperion, SAP).
Accounting experience is a plus.
Advanced collaboration and team working skills, embracing diversity as part of our DNA, working in multinational and multifaceted team.