Commercial Finance Manager (FMCG)

Commercial Finance Manager (FMCG)

Our client is a global leader in the energy drinks category and is expanding its presence in APAC with a growing office in Singapore.

Reporting into the APAC Finance Director based in Singapore your roles and responsibilities will be as below:

. Business partnering

o Work with sales and marketing teams to identify key market, customer and brand performance trends and develop plans to mitigate any risks.

o Provide ad hoc information, insights and support on performance as required

o Ensure trade and brand investments are planned and controlled in line with budget targets

o Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in generating, developing and executing significant new growth platforms

o Drive an ROI mindset and capability within the International business through:

. Aligning financial performance metrics to key initiatives to create an understanding of planned return

. Provide robust plan vs actual assessment to ensure actual ROI is understood

. Embed and drive plan, do, review, learn rhythms.

. Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

o Support the development and completion of the budget and monthly rolling forecasts, ensure submissions reflect most likely outcome.

o Ensure consistent and logical assumptions are used in the planning processes.

o Ensure all deadlines are met and tasks completed in a robust manner.

o Identify and drive plans to maximize opportunities and mitigate risks as they evolve through the year.

. Insights

o Perform market / brand / price analysis as required to identify risks and opportunities to strategy execution and against competitive set

o Develop and support sales with recommendations (portfolio, promotion, pricing) to address the risks and opportunities identified.

o Drive analyst and sharing of post promotional reviews.

. Reporting

o Complete all monthly closing and reporting requirements in an accurate, robust, practical and timely manner.

o Analysis of actual performance focusing on key performance drivers.

o Support governance and risk management processes across the international business unit

Key Challenges in Achieving Goal(s):

. Influencing multiple stakeholders in setting and implementing strategy

. Managing cross functional processes.

. Providing accurate information (actual, budget, forecast)) and timely commercial support within short deadlines.

. Driving an ROI mindset.

. Providing robust market and brand analysis with less than perfect data.

. Providing timely support and challenge on pricing and revenue management proposals, and act as gate keeper when required.

Key Decision Making in this Role:

. Provide commercial and financial expertise and insights to the sales and marketing teams and play a key role in the decision-making process.

. Management of investment expenditure (D&R, A&P), including ROI analysis and recommendations to improve spend effectiveness in the future.

. Identify and drive plans to maximize opportunities and mitigate risks as they evolve through the year.

. Support the delivery of Annual Budgeting and monthly rolling Forecast processes.

. Support strategic growth projects as required.

Experience:

. 8+ years of financial and commercial experience within a major FMCG company in a regional role with strong business partner aspects to your experiences.

Professional Qualities:

. A proactive and positive can do attitude

. Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills

. Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills

. Strong time management skills, with ability to multi-task, and plan and project manage deliverables