Business Cycle Manager

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role is to Support 1YP and long-term budgeting processes considering all P&L lines of a country.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work directly with Zone CEO, BU Presidents, VP Finance, FP&A director, and Global FP&A to close 1YP

• Supporting FP&A Director Building a Top-Down budget, consolidating a Bottom-up budget from all streams, aligning both, and developing a challenging but achievable budget.

• Connecting directly with the leadership all functions (Supply Chain / People VPs)  and Countries / Business units (BU Presidents)

• Build Budget narrative that translates the Global ABI strategy to Africa to be approved by CEO and the Board

• Unlock insights driving strategic recommendations to Zone CEO on how to improve company performance by setting goals and incentives for Zone

• Working cross-functionally with key stakeholders: BU President, FP&A Director & Managers and Global ABI FP&A Team

• Responsible for all aspects of the planning business cycle from developing guidance/targets, analyzing financials, developing models and identifying areas of opportunity within Africa’s financial strategy

• Translating data into business insights to step change the financial objectives, investment plans, and resource allocation

• Own Africa 10YP and Budget reviews with each of the different Business Units and Zone Functions, preparing the Zone President & VP Finance for relevant topics with BU’s and Global, and ensuring actions from the reviews are executed

• Ownership of financial model for P&L, interacting with Zone Functions (Sales, Marketing, Supply, Procurement, People etc.) to identify and size main initiatives and develop plans to build targets

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Very strong organizational skills, thinking of the pipeline well ahead, and proactivity to drive business agenda

• Ability to manage senior stakeholders with competing goals while managing deadlines

• Calm composure in the face of pressure of most senior leaders and significant time pressure

• Advanced skills of slide-writing and storytelling, ability to show the big picture, greatly structure and visualize information (Think-Cell is a must)

• High standards of business ethics and integrity, building strong relationships with the teams

• Strategic and conceptual, Cross-functional mindset

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree preferably in Finance, Economics etc.

• High-level knowledge of FMCG business model, beer market, FP&A processes and streams, and the Company’s core departments

Additional Information:

• Band: VI

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested candidates who meet the above specifications may apply no later than the closing date.