Associate Manager / Sr. Analyst - Business Finance

 DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES

• Lead monthly pre-close activities, including preclose postings and reports, journal review, preliminary comments and closing communications.
• Maintain budget master data and controls, including CC/IO stewardship, budget adjustments, journal adjustments, distribution cycles and brand coding.
• Prepare and analyze recurring sales, marketing, cost and headcount reports; provide LT analysis and respond to ad hoc Sales/RMM questions.
• Support team and work closely with functions to process  budget cycles, Phasing
• Facilitate budget assumption validation to support a robust plan
• Coordinate alliance finance activities, including inventory movement reporting, transfer price, CSO calculation and rebate settlement, sales reporting and transition cost review.
• Prepare recurring alliance governance materials and participate in routine alliance meetings as required.
• Support monthly CSOP forecasting, topline review, KPI tracking and finance input for business decisions, launch readiness and resource optimization.

COMPETENCIES

• Planning and analytical skills, e.g. decision making support, business partnering
• Ability to deal with large number of contacts, across functions, and including senior management
• Maintains high ethical standards and demonstrates high personal integrity
• Flexibility - to respond to fast changing business needs on short notice
• Teamwork - effective in leading / being a member of multi-disciplinary teams.
• Sets high personal standards, takes personal responsibility for delivering top class service and product.
• Governance - good understanding of internal financial controls

Date Posted

Closing Date

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