Associate Manager - FP&A

Role Purpose:

The Associate Manager – FP&A plays a key role in supporting financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities. They work directly with the local finance teams to provide financial insights and recommendations to inform business decisions.

Role Details – Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Lead the delivery of timely, accurate, and impactful management reports and analyses to business partners, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Develop and maintain the monthly standard reporting package, providing key insights into financial performance and variances.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to support business decision-making, leveraging financial data and insights.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to gather necessary data and provide financial insights and recommendations.
• Support the financial planning and forecasting process for the assigned Area/Cluster, ensuring submission deadlines are met and submissions are of high quality.
• Enhance reporting capabilities and drive for effectiveness and efficiency in financial reporting processes.
• Assist the country Finance Manager and other business partners in preparing reviews with senior leadership, providing valuable financial insights and recommendations.
• Partner with the analytics group to continuously improve our analytics capability, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Act as an effective finance partner, providing ad-hoc business support on various projects and business cases.
• Timely / regular Reporting to top management with highlights on deviations from targets and propositions on getting back on track.
• Develop and continually improve budgeting, rolling forecasts and financial plans.
• Create financial analysis reports and models (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, CapEx.
• Setting and tracking business KPI’s for various departments.
• Assess feasibility of new projects and conduct post investment analysis.

Qualification, Experience & Skills:

Minimum Qualifications/education

• Management Degree (MBA or equivalent from Top universities) in Finance/Management.
• Understanding of financial systems, charter of accounts and data flow.
• Advance Experience in Modelling, Python, R, SQL, Power BI.
• Detail-oriented, well-organized.
• Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with business partners.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work independently, readily adapt to and lead through changing environment
• Proven expertise managing, evaluating, analyzing data quickly and creating meaningful business reporting.

Minimum experience

• 3-5 years in consulting, finance / BI experience in an international environment.
• 2+ years in retail business is preferred.

Skills

• Experience in Financials Management & business intelligence solutions delivery.
• Proven ability to develop new ideas, process improvement and creative solutions.
• Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis combined with proven ability to communicate those analysis.
• Proven ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment.
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload.
• Excellent organizational skills: ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.