Finance Business Partner - Customer Development Accounts

Job description

Finance Business Partner – Customer Development Accounts


MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

The Finance controlling process for the Customer Development (CD) function, is owned & continuously improved by the Finance Business partner.

Success in this innovative and exciting role will be determined by your ability to drive CD performance management processes (e.g. forecasting) and continuously optimise information and analytics.

JOB SUMMARY

· Support decisions around CD promotions and work with CD Operations around accruals
· Ensure right level of investments behind channels / categories / activities / customers
· Partner with CD account teams to manage performance (e.g. changes in forecast) in a standardised way across all accounts & channels, support initiatives to close gaps, intervene where required, mitigate risks and deliver opportunities (attend business review meetings by exception)
· Communicate & manage account targets (growth & Trade Terms Spend (TTS))
· Help develop customer investment plans and drive these through to implementation
· Support with management of debtors
· Help to resolve key issues around audit claims and aged deductions
· Engage with the Order to Cash team in the Multi Country Operation to ensure transactional & balance sheet issues are resolved in an optimal way
· Assist and intervene in CD finance controlling processes including accrual reviews, aged deduction management, preparation and posting of judgemental TTS accruals
· Evaluate the feasibility and return on single promotional activities and full promotional plans on their own (smaller investments) or with support (larger investments)
· Analyse and present results on a monthly basis to relevant Business Partner teams with insight
· Support CD operations in daily activities whenever finance expertise is required
· As part of ROMI agenda – detailed pre- and post- evaluation activities, results of plan vs actual variances and establishment of learning jointly with account teams, application of learnings in future promotions
· Forecasting done by category by customer.
· Drive TTS savings agenda
· Monitoring, analysis, control and forecasting of contractual spend

KEY REQUIREMENTS

· Competencies: Strong Business Partnering, Ability to influence across all levels, Strong Team Player, ability to handle and work under pressure and to tight deadlines, strong bias for action, ability to work with remote teams
· Skills: Advanced Excel, Strong SAP & Powerpoint skills & knowledge, strong analytical & governance skills
· 3 - 5 years Finance experience, supporting a Customer Facing / FMCG business
· BCom Degree – Financial / Accounting
· Substantial progress towards CIMA would be highly advantageous