Manager, Fp&a

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa BIC Full time

For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.

As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.

Our "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.

It's a colorful world - make your mark by joining the BIC team today.

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Manager, FP&A provides business financial analysis and recommendations by working closely with the Southern African teams to ensure the execution of business objectives in terms of revenue generation, profitability, and overall strategy. This role will ensure sound business analysis of the Southern Africa commercial strategy and investment propositions, driving creation of robust business models, providing transparent reporting of actual and forecasted business performance.

She/he must keep up with a material volume of information, often tracked in complex spreadsheets, thus requiring discipline and methodology. Effective communication skills are crucial as she/he must be able to relay difficult, dense information to upper management in a precise and easy-to-understand way.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES / TASKS**
- Responsible for the timely, accurate and complete reporting of Actuals and Forecasts
- Supporting, coordinating, and consolidating the annual budgets and rolling forecasts, in conjunction with the Southern Africa GM, Sales/Marketing teams and local/HQ finance teams including assumptions validation
- Coordinating, consolidation and interpreting of monthly financial reporting as well as financial performance vs expectations; including drivers of variances, business insights, corrective actions and recommendations for decision making
- Preparation of insight and actions reporting for MEA HQ: working capital, P&L, and balance sheet analysis/KPIs
- Providing all operating departments with the necessary financial analysis and information
- Providing ad-hoc business report analysis to management team
- Active contribution to continuous financial reporting process improvements
- Working capital monitoring: added value support on inventory management and A/R follow up. Ensure annual goals are met
- Develop relationships with the Southern Africa organization to gather on a timely basis all required information to conduct above tasks. Interact with them on their request for support vs. the rest of BIC group actors (Group finance, MEA HQ, GSC, etc.)
- Gain country/continent operational knowledge to act as a business partner
- Provide back up and support to the local finance teams

**QUALIFICATIONS**

R = Required D = Desired

Simple Criteria
- R - Bachelor’s degree in Finance
- R - 3-5 years relevant experience financial analysis experience and exposure to operations in a consumer goods environment
- R - Fluent in English, People Oriented, Proactive
- R - Exposure and interest to ERP and comfortable with IT
- D - JDE, COGNOS & HFM knowledge is a plus

Complex Criteria
- R - Budgeting and Forecasting, Business Analysis, Business Support knowledge
- R - Advanced Computer Literacy in MS Office particularly Excel
- R - Understanding of Financial Systems
- R - Integrity, Assertive, Approachable, Adaptability
- R - Self-motivated, detail-minded, well organized, responsible and willingness to learn
- R - Must be able to work accurately under pressure without supervision
- R - Must be able to liaise and communicate at all levels
- R - Deadline driven
- R - Strong at process improvement with an analytical mind
- R - Effective in communication and team player
- R - Synthesis skills
- R - Ability to effectively organize, analyze, and present data with solutions
- R - Autonomous, curious, and voluntary - Result driven - Determined in a constructive manner
- D - PowerBI knowledge is a plus

BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

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