ZPP PPM Analyst at AB InBev

Job purpose:

• An exciting opportunity for a proactive, efficient and conscientious individual with strong financial and communication skills, who is a team player and enjoys working within a fast paced environment.
• Driving efficiencies in the team
• Identify opportunities for reporting automation
• Identify key controls to be implemented / adhered to in the ZBB team
• Drive a customer focused mind-set in the team

Key Roles And Responsibilities

Monthly/Annual responsibilities includes, but are not limited to:

• Budgeting for ZBB across the Zone
• Communicate annual plan calendar and milestones to finance teams
• Providing accurate ZBB requirements by package
• Provide the facts and figures for all relevant budget calculations
• Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget
• Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates and timelines
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (SAP, Anaplan)
• Completion of bottom-up budget process

Monthly Actuals (reporting/analysis/review)

• Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course-correct where possible
• Report month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
• Prepare monthly standard decks

Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)

• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
• Identify risks, respective root causes and create gap-closing action plans

Champions

• Drive the Champions process for all ZBB Packages
• Identify owners for each project
• Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated monthly
• Align Champions and R&O outlook

Ad-hoc

• Support finance teams across the Zone when required

Profile

• BCom, CIMA / CA (SA) or progress towards (preferred)
• High sense for accuracy and analysis
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, Powerpoint, etc), with particularly strong Excel skills
• Knowledge of ERP Systems – SAP
• Anaplan knowledge - advantage
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver
• Used to working with deadlines
• Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
• Highly analytical
• Working in a multi-cultural environment
• High level of service mindset
• Coordination skills
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change
• Basic business sense
• Highly results focused
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
• Presentation skills
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively