Senior Finance Analyst Co-Pilot

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Position Summary

 

 

This Sr Analyst Finance Co-Pilot is responsible for proactively delivering relevant, actionable analyses and recommendations to internal customers. This position must influence business partners to drive decisions that will improve performance and help the business meet or exceed its objectives.

He/She must be able to effectively collaborate and communicate across multiple functions throughout the organization to promote alignment and drive results. The position will plan, prioritize, and manage workload in an environment of competing priorities to support and guide timely and sound business decisions. The role provides opportunity to manage projects and think strategically while dealing with business complexity. 

This role will support our Nestle Waters and Premium Beverages (NWPB), biggest market of the Globally Managed Business Unit, focused on elevating iconic brands including S. Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, Perrier and Essentia for the local market and interact with the two partner Markets from our Cluster Canada and Plata Region.

A part of the NWPB FP&A role, you will play a key role by providing accurate and timely financial information and analyses, making and/or implementing sound recommendations to grow business profitability, and optimizing the brand's existing portfolio. As well as having strong acumen of the MBP OF process through planning and Forecasting, managing Risks and Opportunities interacting with the Finance Co-Pilots, NWBP Leadership team, and the GBU team in Europe connecting an End-to-End business from Market to Zone.

This position will operate as a key resource, supporting the Sr Manager, FP&A Co-Pilot in streamlining processes and implementing best practices across the businesses.  Key areas of responsibility include partnering with the Brand Co-pilots through the MBP process and is a key piece on building monthly Operational Forecasts (OF), Annual AOP forecasts, MBS scenario modeling, providing most updated and relevant financial scenario information to the Division Co-Pilots to facilitate the management of their brands with he extended teams. Working closely with the Zone and Italian and French Business Units to understand Cost impactors to the IPW brands and helping tracking and identifying potential Risks and Opportunities.

Building financial models and reporting for the Division from a Market and End to end perspective.

Partner along with Brand Co-pilots on new product feasibility, business optimization, commercial investment ROI analyses, ongoing business reviews, and special projects.

 

 

Key responsibilities:

 

• Supports the Monthly Business Planning process and works closely with cross functional business partners to understand key inputs for Dynamic Forecast, risks and opportunities to forecast, and makes recommendations to improve forecast accuracy
• Provides accurate and timely financial information and analyses, making and/or implementing sound recommendations to grow business profitability and optimize the brand’s existing portfolio
• Tracks and provides understanding of month end results variance analysis vs prior year and forecasts
• Provide decision support to cross-functional team and senior management.
• Support business with accurate financials as an enabler for analysis of new product proposals
• Uses knowledge and understanding of total delivered cost structure to provide analytics to support business decision making
• Operates as a key lead resource, supporting the FP&A Sr Manager in streamlining processes and implementing best practices across the businesses
• Other special projects and duties as assigned

 

Qualifications

 

Experience and Education Requirements

• BA/BS in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Math, or other related major.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Finance required
• Ability to Influence business decisions with concrete financial support
• Resolve conflicts / discrepancies positively and professionally
• Be a self-starter and work independently in solving business issues.
• Partner with the other functional teams to drive business results and meet deliverables.
• Identify risks and opportunities.
• Manage projects.
• Leverage best practices.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in written and verbal form, including presentation skills.

 

Preferred Skills

• Ability to understand and communicate the drivers of profit and volume changes.
• Complex financial modeling skills.
• Hands-on knowledge of financial statements, including balance sheet, income and cash flow statements
• Working knowledge of financial concepts and principles including cost accounting, activity-based costing, (cash flow, NPV, IRR, return on investment, Economic Profit, etc is a plus).
• Working knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and/or International Accounting Standards (IAS), knowledge of Nestle Accountings Standards (NAS) a plus.

Professional Skills:

• Ideal candidate is results focused, a self-starter, naturally inquisitive, able to think independently and has a desire to make a difference.
• Strong financial and analytical skills coupled with comprehensive business knowledge; ability to provide meaningful insight, draw conclusions and develop actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with cross-functional teams to drive business results; ability to influence business decisions with concrete financial support.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in written and verbal form, strong presentation skills at executive leadership level.
• Proven ability to effectively work with multi-functional teams.
• Effective management of information and resources to meet deadlines and respond to requests in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to design financial and non-financial measurements and key performance indicators (KPI's) to drive improved business performance.

 

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Job Requisition: 400226