Your Tasks
Financial Analysis
- Controls, analyses & plans the commercial financials including the sell in , IMS, trade spend & distributor stocks and tracks performance vs target and provide insights to support business decisions.
- Prepares and presents financial reports of variances vs targets
- builds Price, volume & mix Analysis and highlights deviations from targets and recommends actions for to go period.
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes of sales KPIs in collaboration with sales team.
- building Promo financial plan with Sales and S&CM teams
- Responsible for reporting the Annual plan and forecasts on the reporting tool TM1
Business Partnering
- Acts as a strategic partner to business leaders, providing financial advice and support.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive business initiatives.
- Conducts & steers monthly business performance review with top management providing informed analysis and commentaries on performance and highlights Opps & Risks and recommends in collaboration with business partners the course of actions for the YTG to land on full year plan.
- Contributes in the pricing process in coordination with Sales & Marketing teams, and revisits it when needed and develops a rationalization analysis of the portfolio to ensure profitable mix.
Performance Management
- Tracks actual sales & trade spend performance vs target.
- Pre-evaluates & signs off on the monthly Promo memo based on each channel plan by sub-category and highlights deviations vs budget if any.
- Conducts regular reviews of business performance against targets.
- Responsible for Net sale price evolution by brand through building and maintain a healthy VCA.
- Reviews all commercial contracts and trade spend claims and ensure is in-line with budget.
- Supports S& OP through active participation in monthly sales forecast
- Monthly, Quarterly & annually analysis for COGS and marks development vs PY and deviation vs plan and recommend actions to improve efficiency
- Ensures monthly closing distributors stocks are in-line with sell-in & sell-out
- Manages relationship with distributors.
Process Improvement
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within financial operations.
- Support the implementation of best practices in financial management.
- Ensure risk control matrix is in place for the Net sales area gross to net
Your Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; professional qualification (e.g. CMA, CFA, CPA) preferred.
- Minimum 4- 7 years of experience in controlling and planning in Multinational FMCG environment with at least 3 years focus on commercial finance or business partnering.
- SAP experience is mandatory
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in financial modeling
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English are mandatory.
- Strong communication, negotiation & presentation skills
- Strong & structured problem-solving skills
- Analytical & detailed eye on details
- Proactive attitude, self-motivated & result-oriented.
- Expert in MS Office applications specially (Excel & Power Point)
At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.
Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
