- The FP&A Commercial analyst reports to the Head of Regional FP&A Commercial and works closely with the Commercial Navigator, creating an impact by providing high value adding analysis to the Commercial organization - Supports the Commercial Navigator in generating insights, particular in the area of sales and margin management, performance cell analysis, deal support and A&P effectiveness - Supports the global FP&A commercial processes, like planning and budgeting that support the strategic objectives of AkzoNobel - Supports continuous improvements and standardization initiatives Responsibilities Generating insights and analyzing trends - Analyzes current and past trends in key performance indicators; monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance - Calculates price, volume, mix impact per channel/segment/customer and highlights areas for margin improvement - Monitors brand, product, customer profitability - Tracks NPI progress - Supports the review of A&P and other discretionary S&D cost effectiveness - Develops financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives (pricing, sale force effectiveness, cost to serve etc) Planning and Budgeting - Drives the continued development of the QRF and other planning and forecasting processes - Consolidates inputs from the commercial teams and navigators for submission of QRF and Budget into the required platforms - Measures forecast accuracy and highlights to the Navigators areas for improvement Continuous improvement: - Proactively seeks opportunities to improve and standardize data reports to gain efficiency - Eliminates, simplifies, standardizes and automates outputs in a structured and consistent manner - Shares best practice among the team and other regions - Support the implementation of BI and other IT initiatives Collaboration - Commercial navigators in the region - ISC FP&A in the region - Functional controlling Job Requirements - 6-8 years' experience as analyst or as controller in a business environment and/or functional area - You are ambitious and see this function as part of your development to become an all- round Finance professional in AkzoNobel. - You are curious, eager to learn and always searching for improvement opportunities (process wise) - You have affinity for numbers and systems, and have strong analytical skills combined with a critical, but constructive, attitude - Experience in building automated reports and models is a must; excellent financial and analytical skills - Strong HFM, ERP and BI systems experience - Strong analytic skills and the ability to analyze, organize, summarize and articulate complex financial information for decision making - Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including ability to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner - Able to prioritize and work with multiple supervisors - Strong 'can-do' mentality and 'drive' to accomplish tasks in an environment with multiple stakeholders - Self-starter, hands on mentality and team player - Being able to make independent interpretation, draw conclusions and propose solutions - Able to reduce complex and/or large volumes of data to a readable high level - Accurate, organized and disciplined in order to achieve high quality output and to meet strict deadlines - Experience in 'change management' in a finance environment is preferred

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AkzoNobel - Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis 

AkzoNobel - Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis  ,Job Description for AkzoNobel - Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis  in AkzoNobel in  Pune for (8-12) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for AkzoNobel - Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis  in AkzoNobel in  Pune for (8-12) years of experience. Apply Now!