Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

About our client:

Our client vision is to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of their differentiated brands.

Powered by their strategy to Differentiate, Drive & Deliver, they are a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods, with iconic, world-class brands and strong underlying growth momentum and profitability.

Our client purpose is to create better days and a place at the table for everyone through their trusted foods brands.

As part of this purpose, they are committed to advancing sustainable & equitable access to food by creating Better Days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030.

Job Description:

• Expand your career potential with a global consumer powerhouse with the soul of a start up by joining us as Finance Planning and Analysis Manager within our MENAT Finance function.
• As a Finance Planning & Analysis Manager, you will be providing a high standard of financial support and value-added analysis in order to aid effective decision making and controlling overheads budget for MENAT (Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey).
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Legal entities result consolidation.
• Timely and accurate submissions of month end actuals & budgets with focus on operating expenses.
• Variance analysis and recommendations for corrective actions.
• Act as the first point of contact for all cost and budget control queries, identify trends and insight related to spend, intervening and advising budget owners where required.
• Collate, challenge and submit the cost and budget control forecast (overheads).
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.
• Drive consistency across categories and continuously improve accounting, controlling and reporting processes relating to cost and budget control (overheads);
• Maintain master data by creating and amend all overheads cost centres, allocation cycles or any other requirements mandated by regional/global teams.
• Train the Business on key self-service tools and reports.
• Manage the creation and amendment of all overheads cost centres
• Keep close contact with regional reporting teams in order to comply with the latest accounting treatments.
• Balance sheet reconciliation.
• Support during internal and external audits.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Sales, HR and regional office.
  
  

Requirements:

• At least 6 years of finance experience in FMCG.
• Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail (data accuracy),
• Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner and clearly explain
• Finance concepts to non-Finance stakeholders.
• Strong engagement, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work fluidly with data and across systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders.
• Proactively seek and come with improvement proposals for the processes in place.
• SAP knowledge is a must & ANAPLAN/BPC is an advantage.
  
  

Other details:

• It’s a Hybrid model
• Reports to Job Title- Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager based in Dubai
• It’s a Individual contributor role
• Atleast 2-3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (Reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting)
• MNC experience is mandatory