Franchise Finance Business Partner - WECA at PepsiCo

Job Description

Responsibilities

Facilitate and supports the development of the AOP and Forecast for Franchise

• Timely, well developed Plans that facilitate the achievement of business objectives
• Leads the development of a balanced financial algorithm in alignment with BU
• Financial and Strategic support to all functions across BU for Pack Price Strategy, product innovation and initiatives
• Supports and co-ordinates presentations
• Provide analysis of current business results vs. Plan/Forecast highlighting opportunities and risks
• Provide full support to the business leaders in evaluating the productivity initiatives and assess the impact on the financials
• Review and challenge the planned assumptions with the budget owners and ensure they are in line with the company’s direction and targets

Perform business assessments by providing value added diagnosis:

• Ensure the analysis of relevant and reliable financial information for all ‘stakeholders’
• Track year to date performance and by key entity. Understand variances and analyze business drivers of same.
• Conduct regular financial reviews with Franchise BP and BUCFO
• Trend analysis (volume, pricing, costs) to assess accuracy of targets and recommend opportunities for improvement
• Keep track of risks and opportunities to better assess outlook of performance
• Assess reinvestments proposals, evaluate impact on PI and Bottler financial performance and make recommendations for approval accordingly
• Support the monthly and year-end closing process and prepare clear and detailed explanation on the results to be provided in the monthly review forum
• Track & analyze the actual spending by plant flow results & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY
• Work closely with the control team to proactively identify actual vs. Forecast gaps and adjust for them

BU Planning Deliverables – MBR / QBR / Forecasts / Case Sales

• Support FBP in the MBR & QBR review within the BU and ensure qualitative submission.
• Ensure processes are in place to meet Case Sales, DII requirements.
• Consistent delivery of Forecast commitments of Net Revenue, NOPBT & OCF

 Best Practie Tools

• Implement Best Practice tools which improve the accuracy, timelines and cost effectiveness of financials
• Implement processes that support efficient financial analyse systems and which are responsive to the needs of customers, suppliers and internal partners

People Capability

• Execution of development plans & Bench building

Qualifications

• +6 years Finance Experience in FMCG
• Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance
• Leadership Experience
• FOBO/Commercial experience
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience
• Cross functional Knowledge Supply Chain/Commercial
• Strong project management skills
• Influence & Impact
• Digital Savy