Job Summary
This role is for a Financial Planning team member responsible for driving financial performance visibility, enabling strategic decision-making through advanced analytics, and supporting business units with forecasting, reporting, and process optimization across emerging markets.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and prepare comprehensive annual budgets for Emerging Markets (40+ countries), encompassing complete P&L statements from Sales through EBITDA
• Partner with the strategy team to support long-range strategic planning initiatives and financial modeling
• Prepare monthly sales reports and comprehensive Management Information System (MIS) statements, including P&L analysis, operating expense (OE) reviews, and variance analysis, with stakeholder discussions to ensure accurate interpretation of key variances
• Build and maintain robust sales and throughput databases to support financial performance tracking and generate actionable business insights
• Develop comprehensive presentations for monthly and business review meetings, delivering detailed performance analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Conduct analytical reviews of sales performance under both IGAAP and IFRS frameworks, including top-product performance analysis, quarter-over-quarter variance assessment, and collaboration with front-end teams to validate business rationale
• Consolidate and analyze sales data to support variance and growth analysis, collaborating with cross-functional teams during annual budget preparation cycles
• Prepare monthly Latest Estimates (LE) by integrating real-time market and business developments to enhance forecasting accuracy and organizational agility
• Execute peer benchmarking analyses—both internal and external—to assess competitive performance positioning and identify industry trends
• Lead finance automation and simplification projects within the business unit while delivering targeted ad hoc analytics to support profit optimization initiatives