Finance Business Partner Assoc Analyst

Overview:

Support the sector and Senior associates to cater for a specific region, account or Finance teams’ requirements. Should have strong P&L, forecasting and planning knowledge. Should be solution oriented and proactive to own the E2E process and also work on adhocs projects. Good proficiency in Excel & powerpoint presentation is a must, hands on experience on SAP, Sales Force, TM1, Business intelligence tools (Power BI) would be preferred. Strong stakeholder management experience and good written and verbal communication skills. Candidate should be self driven to scale up the scope of the role by leveraging various resources and learnings.

Responsibilities:

Functional Responsibilities

Performance analysis, including explanation/commentary on variance to plan, forecast and year ago

Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports (POR deck, Flash report)

Working across multiple Finance and sales functions to deliver periodic reports to higher management.

Develop PowerPoint presentation to communicate business results and insights for the POR review

Approval of Trade Events and Trade claims post verification

Perform post audits on promotional spend to optimize events.

Create Channel/Customer promotional analysis to support business partners

Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance

Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process

Work cross functionally to manage exceptions through verbal and written interactions with Sales and Sales Finance

Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance

People Responsibilities

Support new members of the team in ways of working and processes

Support the cross functional trainings to ensure efficient back up in the team

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Create an inclusive and collaborative environment

Qualifications:

Experience working on a P&L, core financial planning experience

7 to 8 years of experience in finance and planning for post graduates (commerce, accounting, finance)

(4 to 7 years of finance experience for Chartered accounts preferred)

Experience in financial analysis, data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, Business Objects, Essbase

Strong excel skills (Macro, advanced excel )

Strong powerpoint presentation skills

Self-starter and quick learner

Able to work independently and takes initiative

Capable of managing multiple time sensititive priorities simultaneously

Ability to function well in a team environment

Tableau/Power BI/Python knowledge preferred

Experience in FMCG preferred