FINANCE ANALYST

Our Client

Our client is a privately-owned company that produces and distributes sweets and confectionery products in more than 150 countries worldwide. Employing over 15,000 employees and operating over 30 companies around the world, this organization has a true global reach.

Role

We are looking to place a Finance Analyst to collate, analyze, control, and report on variety of data with relevance to sales, stock, receivers, and overheads to the management. This data will enable adequate evaluation of business performance in different countries/customers, take necessary corrective action, and meet various internal reporting requirements.

Tasks

• Management reporting; prepare and analyze monthly financial reports on top line, P&Ls, variance, and growth.
• Maintain and improve master data by acquiring data from primary or secondary data sources.
• Perform financial modeling and scenario analysis to assess potential outcomes, ensuring viability/profitability.
• Assist with the preparation of consolidated profitability analysis and the calculation of ROIs of various types of trade investments.
• Develop and implement data analyses and variance
• Assist in collating accurate & reliable information/data covering customer’s in-market stock / in-market sales / in-market sales forecasts, update the latter in SAP/Power BI, and publish.
• Review, analyse, and share business insights with all relevant stakeholders.
• Manage the annual budgeting, quarterly latest estimates, and monthly forecast processes. Engage with department heads to collate and consolidate data to build P&Ls using dynamic processes.
• Pricing control – Update, verify, and monitor the selling prices and cost prices.
• Support the stakeholders with effective business partnering, delivering on ad-hoc requests and insights for decision-making.
• Assist local Supply Chain & Demand Planning team in reviewing stocks of finished goods orders by our customers available at factory locations, compare them with the Orders/forecasts, and prepare/publish exception reports highlighting the risks.

Profile & Background

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Economics, or related studies.
• Min 3 years experience in Financial Analysis and data consolidation in the FMCG industry.
• Expert in Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Power Queries and Power BI is a MUST.
• Experience in working with SAP is a plus.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Other

• Highly competitive package.
• Based in Dubai, UAE.

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