Associate Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis at SC Johnson

About the role:

The purpose of this role is to partner with the Sales Director/Country Manager and Sales Teams within the cluster members to drive Net Sales growth and maximize Net Pricing by collaborating on Joint Business Plans and Customer Thought Leadership initiatives as well as driving Corporate Projects.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize Trade Spending and Customer Mix – Analyse trade spending plans with Sales team to maximize Net Pricing and reduce Gross to Net.
• Accurately forecast and deliver on growth objectives – support the Sales Team
• Improve A/R - Work with the SSC A/R team, Credit & Collections Analyst and the local Sales Teams to minimize Accounts Receivables and facilitate timely resolution of open deductions and outstanding invoices
• Partner with Sales team to develop strong business plans that deliver against SCJ objectives of growth, maximize Net Pricing and ensure conditionality
• Corporate Projects - Drive the Corporate initiatives including analysing ROI on trade spend, establish conditionality of customer terms and develop customer profitability analysis (i.e. profit pooling)
• Analyse and Optimize Promotional spend, working with Customer Marketing and the Sales Teams
• Drive simplification initiatives and best practices in coordination with rest of Cluster Finance team

Experience you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in FMCG/Retail sales and marketing environment/finance business partnership/support role – with at least 3 years specifically within FP&A or commercial accounting
• Proven track record of adding value and innovative approach
• ERP (SAP would be an advantage) database reporting systems

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Strong Analytical and Accounting skills
• Demonstrate ability to influence across organization
• Ability to implement and enforce internal controls