Exports Finance Analyst at PepsiCo

Job Description

• Other Adhoc EXPORTS reporting
• Follow up on all outstanding matters
• Support timely, well-developed Plans that facilitate the achievement of business objectives by creating sound analytical models
• Support to all functions across Business Partner and Commercial Team
• Provide weekly/monthly Outlooks to share with Business Partner – Dashboards
• Support Exports team to provide financial perspective in all commercial initiatives VOL/NR/Calc GP
• Supports presentations by creating dashboards from financial systems
• Ensure the analysis of relevant and reliable financial information for business partner and the commercial team
• Track year to date performance and by key entity/country. Understand variances and analyse business drivers of same, highlight gaps
• Trend analysis (volume, pricing, costs) to assess accuracy of targets and recommend opportunities for improvement by country/brand/pack/sku mix
• Keep track of risks and opportunities to better assess outlook of performance
• Support calculation in tracking D&A and Pricing improvement or gaps across MU’s and countries/customers

Qualifications/Requirements

Key Skills/ Experience Required

• 3-5 years of relevant Analytical or Actuarial experience / Trends
• Knowledge of Exports is an advantage
• Profitability monitoring / Deal Structuring / Dashboard building
• Strong mathematical / Accounting skills
• A degree in finance/Actuarial Science; with a sound understanding of other disciplines like sales and supply chain
• The ability to work with desktop load applications such as Microsoft office, Advance Excel and/or Bower-BI/Tableau is an advantage
• Multi-country experience; working in Africa advantageous
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
• Sound communication skills
• Organizing and prioritizing
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Information management skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Teamwork
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Able to translate commercial initiatives into financial impacts
• Proactive - identify and anticipate any risks that could derail profit targets.
• Ability to work in a highly pressured and fast-paced environment