Financial Analyst - FMCG

Position Summary:

- This role will be reporting to APZ Supply chain Finance Manager. The person will be responsible to calculate purchase price variance for Clayton, Palmwoods and Amata plant (including inward freight) and facilitate commodity inflation view for APZ Region working with APZ Supply chain finance Manager.

- The person will also facilitate consolidation, standardization and review of SC dashboards, Inventory tracking and CCI reconciliation vs. forecast and Budget. Key attribute for the role will be accuracy of numbers and reporting as per the timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

- Calculation and reporting of inflation, purchase price variances for all direct purchases across APZ plant locations. This will include variances on materials, forex, inbound freight and import duty and work closely with commercial and FP&A teams to ensure accuracy & transparency.

- Facilitate build up of quarterly forecast, budgets while ensuring accuracy and support APZ finance manager in creating transparency on numbers.

- Consolidation of operation statement of all the sites and help in creating detailed visibility on cost line items. Support in reviews and submissions of the same to corporate working with APZ finance manager.

- Support Plant teams specifically Clayton and palmwood on inward freight accounting and accruals given the size of spend.

- Support commercial finance team on latest views on commodity rates to enable pricing and other interventions to improve margins

- Provide analytical & decision support to enable efficiencies in working capital (AP & Inventory) and CCI reconciliation for Budget/forecast and P&L impact of CCI.

Desired Candidate Profile/ Qualifications:

- CA/MBA or other graduate degree in Finance related field, preferred.

- 2 to 5 years of work experience with business partnering exposure in financial reporting and analysis.

- Previous experience in a Supply chain & procurement finance environments desirable

- Strong understanding of Accounts / Finance functions.

- Experience of working on SAP is essential.

- Good Inter-personal skills including People Management Skills.