Senior Finance Analyst

Essential Job Functions:

Areas of scope:
Business: Caribbean and Central America (CCA)

Month End Closing:
- Leads monthly closing activities for FP&A that includes:
o Follow-ups and monitors month end closing activities under responsibility
o Completes accrual Journal Entries for key investments and expenses
o Validates financials accuracy and analyze key drivers for Month and YTD in collaboration with stakeholders
o Oversees internal reporting process including volume reports, financials packages and rationalizations of results
o Completes corporate Reporting Package for Financials, including financial comments on all the relevant drivers
o Calculates and understands key milestones landings for the business

Budget and Latest Estimates:
- Follows internal calendar of planning activities and moves agenda for completion of each cycle
- Coordinates collection of information inputs for planning process, understands the assumptions and challenges them
- Loads inputs into systems to model financials for the business
- Validates financial accuracy and analyzes key drivers of change in each planning cycle
- Calculates, monitors and reports Risks and Opportunities in our financials
- Signoffs with BU leaders on the financial results of each planning cycle
- Complies with reporting requirements associated to planning cycles as stated in the instructions package of each cycle
- Assists on preparation of budget presentations for Groups following the guidelines

Profit & Loss:
- Provides P&L by analytical categories (brands, markets, clients) to the Business Unit team on a monthly basis vs. previous year and vs. objective with specific comments on performance drivers and Distance to Go.
- Prepares analysis and understands Net Sales key drivers and in conjunction with business teams supports growth agenda by providing insights on performance
- Coordinates the preparation of the comments supporting the volumes and financial data sent to Groups by providing insightful and relevant information about market performance, trends, latest developments, pricing promotions, overall performance

- Simulates financial scenarios for business
- Performs Ad Hoc Financial analysis to support business decisions/negotiations
- Supports any other subject, project or analysis that would be necessary to support the Business Unit team or Corporate projects

Reporting:
- Transmits volumes and financial data to Regional holding through PR Group's reporting tool (Hyperion) for the various processes (Budget, Estimates, Strategic Plan, Month, Half Yearly and Full Year Reporting)
- Completes reporting packages required for Month Ends, Quarter Ends, Year End and Planning cycles on a timely basis
- Ensures that all data flows and transactions in local systems are correctly allocated and mapped for Management reporting based on PRHQ requirements
- Understands reporting blocking controls and implements corrective actions
- Understands new business requirements and adapts reporting adequately to meet needs
- Guarantees proper segmentation of data in accordance to business reporting needs
- Acts on new reporting requirements from corporate and local teams diligently and with standardized solutions
- Maintains a solid mapping infrastructure from system to system to manage data integration

Other:
- Process improvement: constantly seeks improvements & implement processes or IT tool changes
- Supports presentations and preparation for relevant meetings
- Ensures data integrity between local and corporate systems
- Supports FP&A projects associated to business needs, corporate requirements or systems implementation
- Assist on Documentation of Key Processes among the FP&A Department

Job Profile:

Education/training: Bachelor's Degree in Finance; MBA preferred; Strong knowledge of accounting (P&L and Balance Sheet) & experience in financial modeling. Strong working knowledge of Excel (Advanced); Requires solid understanding of database systems and system integrations (JD Edwards if possible, Hyperion Essbase Smart View). Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically/ conceptually and take the initiative to lead results. Ability to automate reports and procedures streamlining processes to create efficiencies. Experience with database software/report writers (e.g., Access, SQL, Oracle BI, Power BI) strongly preferred

Working experience: Minimum 3-4 years in financial analysis/planning in consumer goods, experience working in reporting for Finance and with Commercial & Marketing.

Character: Rigorous, takes ownership of his/her work, able to work in a dynamic environment with short term deadlines, able to challenge commercial & marketing teams; strong teamwork orientation

Languages: Spanish is a plus

Expectation of travel is: 5%

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