Job Purpose
Essential business activities expected from this position:
- Monitor and Analyze Sell-Out and Sell-In performance.
- Lead the pricing process, ensuring accuracy and consistency of price setting across systems.
- Manage the Closing & Reporting cycles up to Gross margin level.
- Oversee and validate the impact of returns, rebates & trade discounts, ensuring proper controls and alignment with business objectives.
- Conduct variance analysis of COGS vs budget, providing comments and recommendations to improve margin performance.
- Track and report inventory levels, excess and obsolete, highlighting financial impact and risk on gross margin.
- Organize monthly Gross Margin performance reviews.
- Participate actively to the regional budget execution and make suggestions to improve the performance
- Act as strong liaising agent between Finance team and other departments.
- Ensure quality and timeliness of reporting processes as per Group deliverables.
- Ensure implementation of dedicated reporting/ controlling requirements.
- Ensure business controls are in place to safeguard business activities and that procedures and processes are documented and conform to Group standards and rules.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and projects.
Key Performance Indicators
- Qualitative :
- Autonomy & Agility
- Quality of internal and external relations
- Relevance of information/reports/forecasts
- Positive attitude and proactive approach
- Quantitative:
- Timely and accurate delivery of monthly KPIs, reporting and comments
- Postings accuracy in Middle East entities
- Accuracy of information/reports/forecasts
Preferred Skills And Experience
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Controlling or Accounting
- CPA or ACCA certification is an advantage
- 5/6 years of experience in Finance, ideally with Finance operational experience and high business acumen.
- Communication skills and assertiveness/ agility and business acumen
- Exposure to multi-cultural environment
High attention to detail and accuracy
