Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to drive initiatives and projects with different stakeholders to deliver required synergies without compromising the quality of our products, safety of our people, and the perception of our consumers.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for NG BU ZBB Management, and alignment with Procurement & Leads from the other functions (Marketing, Sales, Supply, People, Legal and Corporate Affairs, etc).
• Perform overall review of ZBB Packages for NG BU at month end to understand variances across packages. Deep-dive overruns (if any) to determine if any synergies/budget is at risk. Understand reasons for savings. Prepare month end ZBB deck for presentation to NG BU FD and ZBB Director.
• Perform Latest Estimate (LE) process for NG BU on a monthly basis for submission to Global. Collate risks and determine if any savings are bankable.
• Conduct annual ZBB business cycle for NG BU. Develop 3YP and 1YP and budget base assumptions:
• Combine recent performance and benchmarks with planned initiatives to build base assumptions
• Develop and continuously improve model at a comprehensive level of detail
• Link business KPIs expected evolution to financial targets
• Track major project initiatives and report impacts to 3YP / budget costs
• Lead ZBB deliverables with different stakeholders such as BU Package Owners and Procurement Teams at the BU Level.
• Drive the execution of ZBB in the Africa Zone i.e. policies localization and revision, initiatives tracking, tracking monitoring responsibilities, etc
• Responsible for the overall delivery of NG BU ZBB initiatives with BU FD, Package Owners and Entity Owners.
• Identify Best Practice in expenses management and share in-Zone.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Excellent Leadership, interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills. Capability to constructively interact with and challenge senior colleagues in the different countries/Business Units.
• Change management skills to support significant process changes that affect a major portion of the organization.
• Effective communication skills with all levels in the organization (Global and Zone Levels).

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics or a Bachelor's degree and equivalent experience. CA , CIMA or MBA strongly preferred.
• 4-6 years FMCG experience (experience in FP&A is an advantage)
• Business processes knowledge including strategy and finance strongly preferred.
• Proficient in understanding accounting and financial statements.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, Syspro , Cognos Reportnet, SAP and Capital IQ experience a plus.