Senior Brand Financial Analyst at Procter & Gamble

Description of the role:
A successful candidate will be the finance representative on the business team and will lead the financial analysis of brands. This candidate will be responsible for the following:

• To drive the financial decisions to improve business results
• Act as steward to demonstrate and enable internal control capability
• Develop financial understanding within the team. Lead brand analysis and will include but is not limited to:
• Working with a multifunctional team on full fiscal year brand strategic and financial planning
• Gather and analyze data related to business performance and develop fact-based recommendations (e.g. pricing opportunities, Marketing Support Activities, Return On Investments, competitive analysis etc)
• Updating forecast assumptions with Brand’s latest financial estimate and highlighting risks and opportunities as well as key drivers behind change in forecast.
• Review monthly actuals and forecasts
• Conduct training to business team on related financial concepts.
• Ensuring stewardship compliance across the brand

Qualifications:

• The ideal individual will be innovative, resourceful, highly motivated and deadline driven
• Minimum education of BCom or Business Sci. with majors in Finance or equivalent
• Minimum experience of 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG finance with regional responsibilities would be beneficial
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. SAP experience a plus
• Ability to integrate data, facts and intuition to resolve various employee relations/people development issues
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work efficiently with diverse people
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skill

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please note that all recruitment stages (assessments and interviews) will be done virtually.