Accountabilities:
Budget Financial Planning and Analysis
- Conduct regular financial forecasting for regional P&Ls, considering changing market conditions, business dynamics, regional strategy, and macroeconomic factors.
- Manage the financial planning process through Month- end closing, periodically rolling forecasts, monitor variance analysis of budget vs. actual results, ensure accurate implementation, highlight the business risk/ops and address the solution for timely business decision making.
- Support to track and monitor annual Plan as well as Rolling Forecast Cycle regarding Sales Activities, SNOP process with high quality, accuracy and focused analytical reviews to deliver Business goals.
Finance Business Partner
- Present recommendations to help guide decision making & set strategies.
- Collaborate with partners to drive new business initiatives, models to quickly capture new market opportunities & improve the profitability
- Support to deliver pre & post evaluation of Commerce Campaigns, identify Risk/Ops assessment, explore alternative scenarios, enable strategies in line with financial goals.
- Be responsible to deliver high quality evaluation of sales and marketing activities, run competitive deep dive analysis into business performance/P&L, get alignment in actionable enhancement schemes to increase Return on Investment & drive target success
Financial Training and Development for Team and Business Partner
- Design and develop engaging and effective training materials, modules, and resources that align with business goals and enhance financial competencies.
- Facilitate training sessions in- person or virtually, ensuring the effective transfer of financial knowledge to team members, sales, marketing and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with HOS, MM and stakeholders to identify financial training needs across team members, sales, marketing and stakeholders.
Cost Management, Business Case Evaluation, and Performance Measurement
- Conduct detailed cost analysis of various business functions, projects, and initiatives to identify cost- saving opportunities and efficiency improvements. Develop and implement cost reduction strategies while maintaining operational excellence.
- Develop performance dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track financial and operational metrics and identify trends or areas for improvement.
- Evaluate proposed business projects, investments, and ventures by conducting comprehensive financial feasibility studies and risk assessments. Analyze key financial metrics, perform sensitivity analyses, and provide well- supported recommendations to support decision- making.
Financial Systems, Financial Compliance, Risk Management, and Process Improvement
- Support across function to develop and implement internal controls and policies to safeguard financial transactions, data, and assets.
- Implement risk management strategies to protect the organization&039;s financial stability and support informed decision- making.
- Analyze existing financial processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks. Design and implement streamlined and standardized financial processes to enhance productivity, accuracy, and transparency.
- Support to optimize existing financial systems, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, financial reporting tools, and other financial applications, to improve accuracy, efficiency, and user experience. Collaborate with IT and finance teams to implement system upgrades, enhancements, and integrations to meet evolving business needs.
