Commercial Finance Manager

Miejsce pracy: Warszawa

Recruitment for

Our client is an international company from the FMCG sector. Due to internal promotion, we are looking for a candidate interested in taking on the following role.

Your responsibilities

• Own Market P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
• Produce consolidated monthly projections against forecasts, budget, and prior periods.
• Analyse and interpret revenue, cost, margin, and ROI variances to identify performance drivers/ improvement opportunities.
• Ensure financial plans and investments are in line with market / cluster / regional priorities and financial objectives are properly cascaded and achieved.
• Create contingency plans (‘what if’’ and 'scenario analyses’) to ensure risk mitigation and the continued financial health of the Market.
• Work on growth plans – short term and long term - for the markets, building strong business cases, relevant to the strategy and the go-to-market set up in each market.
• Provide financial support and constructive challenges to local leadership team to maximise the value of our sales and efficiency in our cost base, as well as maximizing the key balance sheet and cash flow drivers.
• Ownership for annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes (landing estimations and analysis, Risks&Opps valuations).
• Change management – Change agility - seeing change as an opportunity to improve upon complexities of current business processes. Be a positive change agent that is challenging the status quo.

Employer requirements

• Fluency in English and Ukrainian.
• Experience of a commercial finance leadership role and proven track record of successful delivery of results in a matrix organization, managing multiple stakeholders in a complex environment.
• Proven ability to steer financial performance of individual markets or clusters.
• Process focused with an understanding of end to end business processes and their financial impacts.
• Ability to identify root cause issues and develop plans to resolve.
• Skilled at organizing and prioritizing multiple projects and resource constraints to optimize results.
• Ability to analyse financial information to understand the current situation and to determine and recommend strategic direction to management.
• Proven experience of introducing and managing changes to finance systems, procedures, and practices.
• Understanding of strong compliance & controls, and how to develop appropriate guidelines.
• Confident and proficient in the use of key SAP and finance systems (incl. TM1/Cognos), MS Office with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures.
• Qualified ACCA, ACA, CPA, (or equivalent), or substantial relevant work experience.

Location: Warszawa, PL

Posted Date: 10/17/2024