Finance Business Analyst at Ultimum Limited

Responsibilities

• Build financial reports that communicate and analyse performance
• Prepare presentations in support of board, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company
• Prepare and present variance analysis that compares historical performance and forecasted budget with actual results
• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting
• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.
• Partner with Information Technology professionals to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the business
• Support the Commercial Team to ensure that their strategies lead to Net Sales Revenue and GP growth through the business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide analytical support in the evaluation of all commercial initiatives in terms of product launches, pricing promotional activities, and direct marketing expenditure.
• Support to drive initiatives in order to improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization, product profitability).
• Prepare in-depth and insightful financial analysis and decision support to the sales and category team including identification of opportunities and risks with commentaries/analytics.
• Evaluation and monitoring of trade discounts Incentive proposals/programs to drive promotional effectiveness/profitability.
• Provision of robust analysis and insight into pack profitability and portfolio management and preparation of value chain analysis for existing and potential products.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.
• Membership of Chartered Accountant (ICAN or a similar professional body) is an added advantage
• 3yrs+ experience in financial planning and analysis department.
• Familiarity with Excel.
• Good understanding of systems and core accounting concepts.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Good command of spreadsheets and Excel Functions, Formulas, Pivot Tables.
• Data Analysis
• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like SAP.
• Continuous learning mindset.