Financial Planning Manager - Commercial

General Purpose

Oversee all related fiscal processes in a company. Expand business models that affect budgets, and company disbursements. Responsible for reviewing and approving all department budgets.

Key Responsibilities / Tasks

•Joint responsibility of the heavy planning calendar including the submission process and timeline, and the required reporting and presentations (AOP & strat Plan).

•Partner with the sales team in planning smart tactics to support delivering the monthly revenue & trade spend targets to enhance the channels’ profitability.

•Prepare detailed SBP, Annual budget, monthly, Quarterly forecasts covering sales volumes, revenues, trade spend, OPEX, BS, CF, and innovations.

•Provide full support to the marketing function in evaluating the pricing strategies and assess the impact on financials and market shares.

•Review and challenge the planned assumptions with the budget owners and ensure they are in-line with the company’s directions and targets.

•Review the economics of the new products; assess the sales, marketing and R&D inputs vs. the innovations target and recommend actions to improve the margins of the new launches.

•Reviewing various profitability reports by (DC, Channel, Product group, Customer).

Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in planning.

Skills/Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with statistical analysis and statistical packages.
• Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills.
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis.