Leadership Responsibilities The Decision Support Manager reports to the Group Portfolio Decision Support Manager, Brandhouse.
Leadership Standards
Own the Performance Agenda
Build and manage relationships with key Business Partners
Carry out financial modeling including performance, ROI, NPV and cash flow forecasting for key decision making (PAM
Brand Performance Decision Support
Partnering with the brand marketing teams to drive value through all elements of the profit and loss (p&l) statement.
Responsibility for full profit & loss forecasting for different statutory entities in a complex and sophisticated business structure.
Purpose of Role
Provide Brand Teams with financial and commercial support in order to drive brands strategic objectives
Proactively input into and take responsibility within the planning cycle to deliver grounded fiscal forecasts
Make recommendations to the Business to balance risks & opportunities to meet company’s fiscal targets
Build personal commercial capabilities and demonstrate leadership potential
Top Accountabilities
Business Partnering across Marketing, Commercial, Procurement and Key Accounts to identify and develop opportunities and mitigate potential risks
Own, manage and lead the inputs required to formulate the operating plans and monthly R&O, across different business units, understanding and quantifying the implications thereof and enhancing business partnering and relationships with different business units, supply and brand performance managers.
Preparation of the detailed financial analysis supporting the plan assumptions and driving out insights and challenges to the plan assumptions.
Preparation of comprehensive financial packs detailing the operating plans – shareholder/internal, related assumptions and potential risks & opportunities.
Manage and oversee the management and reporting of A&P clearly identifying key drivers of over / under spends for the underlying brands
Manage monthly SKU variance analysis through the monthly R&O process – price, mix volume drivers.
Coordinating timelines, reporting requirements, detailed submissions and explanation of submitted information to different global shareholders and developing relationships with key touch points at these shareholders.
Support brand teams in analyzing and understanding the performance of brands, and driving understanding and actions to improve performance, maximizing opportunities whilst mitigating risk.
Support integration of one S&OP number into financial outlook and close alignment with supply.
Participate in the development & implementation of Joined Up Business Planning (JUBP) principles & processes across the business.
Ownership of financial planning and reporting tool – TM1 and creation of key management reports therein.
Financial Lead in monthly Cross Functional business partnering for underlying brands.
Co Ordinate the monthly underlying brands Synopsis report for Senior Management
Ad Hoc Financial business requests
Annual CARM testing in time and in full
Support the Measurement and Evaluation of A&P activities across the Portfolio
Lead A&P controls agenda for underlying brands– savings / sign off of funds; compliance issues
Qualifications and Experience Required Qualifications
University degree
Circa 3 years experience gained in finance with particular focus on financial planning
Experience of financial analysis and modeling techniques, practically applied within a commercial FMCG environment
Track record of success in highly demanding environment
In market knowledge – understands and relates to sales and marketing terminology and key performance drivers
Key Skills
Highly numerate, strong analytical and interpretive skills, people management, networking and influencing; communication; planning; negotiating; training and development; performance management; systems; problem solving
Decision Support Analyst: White Spirits, Rums and FABS
Leadership Standards
Own the Performance Agenda
Build and manage relationships with key Business Partners
Carry out financial modeling including performance, ROI, NPV and cash flow forecasting for key decision making (PAM
Brand Performance Decision Support
Partnering with the brand marketing teams to drive value through all elements of the profit and loss (p&l) statement.
Responsibility for full profit & loss forecasting for different statutory entities in a complex and sophisticated business structure.
Purpose of Role
Provide Brand Teams with financial and commercial support in order to drive brands strategic objectives
Proactively input into and take responsibility within the planning cycle to deliver grounded fiscal forecasts
Make recommendations to the Business to balance risks & opportunities to meet company’s fiscal targets
Build personal commercial capabilities and demonstrate leadership potential
Top Accountabilities
Business Partnering across Marketing, Commercial, Procurement and Key Accounts to identify and develop opportunities and mitigate potential risks
Own, manage and lead the inputs required to formulate the operating plans and monthly R&O, across different business units, understanding and quantifying the implications thereof and enhancing business partnering and relationships with different business units, supply and brand performance managers.
Preparation of the detailed financial analysis supporting the plan assumptions and driving out insights and challenges to the plan assumptions.
Preparation of comprehensive financial packs detailing the operating plans – shareholder/internal, related assumptions and potential risks & opportunities.
Manage and oversee the management and reporting of A&P clearly identifying key drivers of over / under spends for the underlying brands
Manage monthly SKU variance analysis through the monthly R&O process – price, mix volume drivers.
Coordinating timelines, reporting requirements, detailed submissions and explanation of submitted information to different global shareholders and developing relationships with key touch points at these shareholders.
Support brand teams in analyzing and understanding the performance of brands, and driving understanding and actions to improve performance, maximizing opportunities whilst mitigating risk.
Support integration of one S&OP number into financial outlook and close alignment with supply.
Participate in the development & implementation of Joined Up Business Planning (JUBP) principles & processes across the business.
Ownership of financial planning and reporting tool – TM1 and creation of key management reports therein.
Financial Lead in monthly Cross Functional business partnering for underlying brands.
Co Ordinate the monthly underlying brands Synopsis report for Senior Management
Ad Hoc Financial business requests
Annual CARM testing in time and in full
Support the Measurement and Evaluation of A&P activities across the Portfolio
Lead A&P controls agenda for underlying brands– savings / sign off of funds; compliance issues
Qualifications and Experience Required Qualifications
University degree
Circa 3 years experience gained in finance with particular focus on financial planning
Experience of financial analysis and modeling techniques, practically applied within a commercial FMCG environment
Track record of success in highly demanding environment
In market knowledge – understands and relates to sales and marketing terminology and key performance drivers
Key Skills
Highly numerate, strong analytical and interpretive skills, people management, networking and influencing; communication; planning; negotiating; training and development; performance management; systems; problem solving
Decision Support Analyst: White Spirits, Rums and FABS
Decision Support Analyst: White Spirits, Rums and FABS
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