Fin BP Mx

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to ensure Finance Partnering support for Mexico Ice cream business. Key focus is to navigate business team to achieve the key performance metrics through strategic and operational activities including long term planning, Integrated Business Planning, S&OP process, Portfolio management, innovations, Business Development IC and financial evaluation of key business projects. Value Creation Partner Role.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Provide finance & commercial partnering to the Ice Cream Business team in the areas of performance management and evaluation of investment decisions.

• Support in development of category commercial strategy during long term planning and Integrated Business Planning processes

• Performance Management through S&OP Process: Monthly performance review including financial forecasting, actual performance analysis vs. forecast and prior year in all P&L lines.

• Build and manage Gross Margin Road map to ambition level.

• Competitor Intelligence for Mexico Ice cream (understanding Shadow P&L, investment model)

• Controlling /Budget management of Marketing and CBD budgets

• Lead Fuel for Growth agenda for Ice cream including NRM (Pricing, Mix management, Promotion Effectiveness and Trade term management), Zero Based Budgeting and 5S (co-ordinate with Supply Chain Finance)

• Control BU Overheads budget (setting framework and manage budget to target)

• Business case evaluation (pre and post launch) of innovations

• Ensure the control framework is in place and working.

• Identifying opportunities for processes and reports for simplification and harmonization

• Providing adhoc support and financial analysis to the Indonesia BU team

• Manage complex issues and translate them into small pieces with clear, structured recommendations.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of Finance experience

• Experience in Finance Business Partnering, Forecasting, Performance management, CD Finance, business cases.

• University degree, preferable in Finance, Accounting, Economics and Management

Skills

• Leadership skills 

• IC Business acumen

• Criticalthinking

• Logical and analyticalthinking

• Stakeholdermanagement

• Ability to deal with large number of data

• Learning agility, collaborative spirit, result oriented

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing environments

• Proactive individual with “can-do” attitude

• Good in communication, organizational and presentation skills

• English fluency

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.