The incumbent will provide finance support and work closely with the business units to help support the formulation of business strategy and financial projections. This role supports the analysis and reporting of financial performance of aligned business areas in terms of business performance reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
Responsibilities:
- Support the budgeting, forecasting and long-term business planning process
- Identify the critical cost area with different business units
- Support the forecast and budget models which are designed and continually adjusted based on main key driver inputs/fluctuations
- Assist in the preparation of monthly financial reports, assist in the preparation of presentations that provide thoughtful analysis, identify action items, and effectively frame decisions that need to be made.
- Analyze data and understands the financial performance and position of the organization to perform variance analysis and identify key causes of business variances for performance measurement
- Perform analysis of revenue performance and growth, profit and loss reports, operating variances, revenue reports and key performance indicators
- Help create and deliver focused channels/ doors profitability analysis
- Supporting decision making by providing stakeholders with timely, detailed and meaningful insights and visibility on business performances
- Performing ad-hoc analysis where required from time to time for decision making
Key Outputs/Results:
- Budgeting, forecasting and long-term business planning process are adequately supported
- Strategy plan, budget and forecast delivered to time and quality. Robust business conversations to deliver best financial performance available.
- Ensure efficient and timely completion and submission of finance reports
- Compliant audit management ensuring Clarks global policies are implemented
- Provide internal stakeholders over a range of financial issues
- Support the financial assessments with owned team
- Helped lower risk activities in line with business requirements
- Relevant financial modelling and analysis presentations
Essential Knowledge:
- Degree in Accounting & Finance or Professional qualified in ACCA CIMA
- Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience as a Financial & Planning Associate level of equivalent for international companies with the ability to work in fast paced and culturally diverse environment
- SAP work experience is mandatory
- Proficient in Power BI and Data Modeling
- Good interpersonal skills . Able to deal with people at senior level (HOD) in a professional way
- Candidates experienced working in FMCG or Retail industries preferred
- Experience in working as a business partner in supporting better decision makings to improve organisation financial performance
- Ability to navigate within ambiguity environment with agility
- Good presentation skills
- Proven to work under tight deadlines to complete projects/ assignment
