Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - FMCG/FMCD/Retail

The main responsibilities critical to this role:

- Leading the FP&A function for Bimbo India Transformation Office to provide clear visibility to operational performance and planning.

- Aligning as a Strategic Business Partner with Bimbo India's Transformation Lead

- Driving improvements in IT systems for data collection & consistently reflecting performance in financial reporting across projects & initiatives

- Developing winning product and customer strategies through effective expansion projects & business cases

Key Job Responsibilities:

- A key member of the Bimbo India Transformation team, providing support to Transformation Leadership & ensuring resource allocations are optimized.

- Co-ordinate the annual budget preparation with input from stakeholders; ensure input has been documented and properly included.

- Ensures all budgeted expenses are adequately documented and supported, properly calendarized and in line with the company's overall strategic plans.

- Works with leaders to ensure budgeted goals are met throughout the year; management of budget restatements and ensures appropriate communication with functional leads.

- Oversees updates to the financial forecasts in an accurate and timely manner, work with Bimbo India Transformation Office on updates of quarterly forecasts and prepares leadership for reviews.

- Identifies ERP best practices for product costing, capturing operational variances, pricing & margin analysis.

- Prepares monthly internal financial reporting with variance explanations against budget and latest forecast.

- Driving alignment in financial operational variance reporting to consistently capture performance supported by operational metrics.

- Drives continuous improvement in financial operations through process changes and implementation of new technology & automation (ex. automated Sales reporting).

- Assists Leadership with special projects to support strategic decision-making (e.g., what if" strategic analysis, extended business forecasting)

- Prepares business cases with Bimbo India management & reviews with leadership.

- Develops decision support financial modelling and ad hoc financial analysis for relevant issues impacting the business.

- Develops pricing analysis and proposal on new products and customers' annual pricing review.

- Leads Controllers to provide operational analysis and communicate with plant managers to drive operational efficiencies.

- Coaches and develops regional controllers to a "Mastery" level of proficiency in FP&A

Financial Planning, Reporting & Analytics :

Responsible for ensuring visibility to the business:

- Provide timely and accurate reporting on business performance, including financial/P&L and KPIs/metrics that are aligned with the objectives of the Transformation Program

- Prepare/present in-depth periodic operating results with an analysis of earnings.

-Ensure action plans align with financial commitments.

- Develop key activity measurement tools for periodic analysis and reporting.

- Produce weekly and monthly reports on volume, costs, sales, project tracking and other key activities essential to promoting greater visibility to the business teams.

- Provide customer, trade, product and related program investment analytics.

- Manage the capital expenditure and lease authorization process including ROI and fit with strategic objectives.

- Maintain the control environment and ensure we are conducting our business in a manner consistent with our principles, corporate values and expected conduct.

- Leads the team that provides insightful analytical analyses in support of business results.

- Leads the development of presentations and business review materials that highlight performance, bring clarity to key issues, and support recommendations.

Key Behavioral Competencies:

- Results Orientation. A successful candidate demonstrates the ability to drive improvement of results and to deliver best-in-class business performance.

- Customer Orientation. Utilizes market knowledge and customer relationships to drive insight. S/he understands the needs of the customer and uses this knowledge to deepen customer relationships and build a positive customer experience. S/he uses customer insight to innovate products and services that will improve customer engagement. Customers are external & internal.

-Strategic Orientation. Defines a strategic vision in shaping high-impact strategies, linking it to clearly actionable initiatives while considering the impact on all parts of the business. S/he clearly articulates medium to long-term opportunities and threats and helps evaluate options and plans against anticipated global trends.

- Collaborating & influencing. Effectively engages stakeholders and drives alignment across multiple functions to achieve results, engaging in joint decision-making and resolving conflicts when necessary to balance short & long-term benefits. Can recognize & channel new ideas. Brings excellent negotiation skills & the ability to build strategic partnerships. S/he will need to use collaboration and influencing skills as a foundation for driving change in the organization.

Specialized Skills and Knowledge: This position is a key leadership role which requires the successful candidate to work comfortably across functional lines, engage people at all levels of the organization and articulate ideas that drive the business toward near- and long-term objectives.