Manager - Budgeting & Planning - FMCG

Our client a leading FMCG multinational looking to hire a Budgeting & Planning Manager based in Oman.

- You'll be responsible to plan, prepare, and review Taxes as per Oman laws.

- Tax planning in terms of invoice format design, Transaction mapping to optimize the input credit.

- Training to all stake holder including SC, procurement, sales, HC, WH and finance

- Review of preparedness as per timeline and periodic returns review. Review compliance of our contracts (suppliers, employees, customers.)to the tax requirements

- System Deployment as per the TAX compliances .Ensure system deployment and changes comply with effective regulation

- Preparation of Tax return (Excise, VAT, and Withholding and corporate Tax) with all the details as per the requirement of Federal Tax Authority and submission of return within Due Dates .Ensure timely submission of all applicable tax returns.

- Liaising with the FTA for technical issues and provide solutions to as per the organizational benefits. Single point contact for routine transaction with tax authorities

- Develop strategic business processes in order to ensure smooth operation flow best practice guidelines.

- Ensure documented finance business narrative to help operation to build effective internal control and resources optimization

- Periodic Review & update of the existing business processes of commercial supply chain & finance to optimize the resources.

- Annual review of existing processes

- Supervise and lead the monthly closing process across the modules

Monthly Report:

- Prepare the monthly reporting financial statement and provide results to the management

- Preliminary results on 4 th business day MMR on 5 th business day/ Manage report on 7 th business day

- Provide adhoc reports based on the requirement of the business (Key FS and Expenses analysis reports vs budget) Expense analysis report by department on 15 th of each month.

- Tracking of actual Cost by pack/brand and update

- Lead the annual statuary audit

- Yearly report

- Accuracy

- Lead the Capex tracking actual spending vs approved budget

- Capex Report

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal:

- Coordinating with finance staff to lead the closing process

- Liaise with other functions head (Commercial/Ops and HC) for Opex/Capex tracking Vs Budget

- Coordinating with sales function for obtaining relevant documents and approval in order to process sales staff commissions & incentives

External:

- Liaising with Auditors and third-party consultants including governmental tax regulatory entities.

- Lead the discussion of expense analysis with various functional heads (CMSO, CMWO and CHRO)