Associate Manager- FP&A
PepsiCo
- Performance analysis, including explanation/commentary on variance to plan, forecast and year ago
- Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports (POR deck, Flash report)
- Proficient with Power query, Power Pivots, MS Access and Data cleansing
- Working across multiple Finance and sales functions to deliver periodic reports to higher management
- Develop PowerPoint presentation to communicate business results and insights for the POR review
- Approval of Trade Events and Trade claims post verification
- Perform post audits on promotional spend to optimize events
- Create Channel/Customer promotional analysis to support business partners
- Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance
- Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process
- Work cross functionally to manage exceptions through verbal and written interactions with Sales and Sales Finance
- Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance
- Support new members of the team in ways of working and processes
- Support the cross functional trainings to ensure efficient back up in the team
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Create an inclusive and collaborative environment
- Experience working on a P&L, core financial planning experience
- 6 to 7 years of experience in finance and planning for post graduates (commerce, accounting, finance) (4 to 7 years of finance experience for Chartered accounts preferred)
- Experience in financial analysis, data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, Business Objects, Essbase
- Strong Excel (Macro, advanced excel); PowerQuery and MS Access skills
- Strong powerpoint presentation skills
- Self-starter and quick learner
- Able to work independently and takes initiative
- Capable of managing multiple time sensitive priorities simultaneously
- Ability to function well in a team environment
- Tableau/Power BI/Python knowledge preferred
- Highly organized and responsive, with ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines
- Numerate and a lateral thinker, good at data analysis, with a strong attention to detail
- 6 to 7 years of experience in finance and planning for post graduates (commerce, accounting, finance)4 to 7 years of finance experience for Chartered accounts preferred