Be the finance business partner for Marketing and Indirect cost stakeholders, building strong relationships based on trust, challenge, and collaboration.
Own financial governance for Marketing and Indirect costs, ensuring spending discipline, transparency, and value creation.
Actively contribute to the development of a performance-driven finance culture, focused on impact rather than reporting only.
Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, approval matrices, and control standards.
Continuously improve controlling processes, tools, and ways of working in line with business needs.
MONTH END CLOSING
Own the accurate and timely month-end closing for Marketing and Indirect cost areas.
Prepare, review, and validate accruals, provisions, and cost allocations in line with accounting standards and internal guidelines.
Ensure actuals reflect business reality by working closely with budget owners.
Investigate and explain deviations versus plan, ensuring issues are resolved at source.
Maintain high data quality and reliability across financial systems and reports
REPORTING AND ANALYSIS
Deliver clear, concise monthly performance reporting with focus on insights, not just numbers.
Analyze cost variances versus budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiency levers.
Translate complex financial data into meaningful business insights that support decision-making.
Support management with ad-hoc analyses, business cases, and ROI evaluations.
Enable stakeholders to understand cost drivers and make informed, value-based decisions.
PLANNING AND FORECASTING
Lead annual Budgeting and Revised Estimate cycles for Marketing and Indirect cost areas.
Partner with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and drive realistic, value-oriented plans.
Monitor spend trends and update forecasts to reflect latest business developments.
Support scenario planning and prioritization of resources in line with strategic objectives.
Ensure strong alignment between financial plans and business strategy.
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
Acts as the financial business partner for Marketing and related support functions, ensuring effective spend management and strong cost discipline.
Owns control and tracking of marketing budgets and expenses.
Monitors spend versus budget, manages commitments and accruals, and ensures overall budget adherence.
Supports marketing teams with forecasting, budget reallocations, and scenario analysis throughout the year.
Maintains oversight of contracts and cost structures (fixed vs variable) and benchmarks marketing costs where appropriate.
Provides ad-hoc financial analysis and insights to support fact-based decision-making.