Finance Analyst

• Build financial reports that communicate consolidated and practice-level performance and analyse underlying trends across the regions.
• Prepare presentations in support of board and shareholder meetings monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company
• Prepare and present variance analysis that compares historical performance and forecasted budget with actual results
• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting
• Partner with Business Intelligence team to create customized financial reports on dashboard systems to monitor business activities develop operational benchmarks and automate manual processes
• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.
• Partner with Information Technology professionals to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the business
• Support the Commercial Team to ensure that their strategies lead to Net Sales Revenue and GP growth through the business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide analytical support in evaluation of all Commercial initiatives in terms of product launches pricing promotional activities and direct marketing expenditure.
• Support to drive initiatives in order improve Gross Profit (Pricing Promo optimization Mix optimization Product profitability).
• Prepare in-depth & insightful financial analysis and decision support to the sales and category team including identification of opportunities and risks with commentaries/analytics.
• Evaluation and Monitoring of Trade Discount Incentive proposals/programs to drive promotional effectiveness/profitability.
• Provision of robust analysis and insight into pack profitability and portfolio management and preparation of value chain analysis for existing and potential products.

• 3yrs experience in financial planning and analysis department.
• Familiarity with Excel with Good command of spreadsheets and Excel Functions Formulas Pivot Tables
• Good understanding of systems and core accounting concepts.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Minimum of Bachelors in Finance Accounting or related fields.
• Membership ofChartered Accountant(ICAN or a similar professional body) is an
• added advantage
• Data Analysis
• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like Dynamics NAV SAP.
• Continuous learning mindset

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1